View  of  the 
Convention  6£  Delegates 


JK 

3125 
1853 

A484 


s 


POOLE'S 
Statistical    Tltto 


CONVENTION  OF  DELEGATES 


Bcbisinj  ;t|)t  Constitution  of  Passatljusctts, 


WEDNESDAY,  THE  FOURTH  DAY  OF  MAY, 

1853. 

^  <)  0  K  1  II  E  II     W  1  I  II      THE 

PROCEEDING,  AND   LIST   OF   MEMBERS 


CONVKNTION    FOR   I'UAMLXU   THE   CONSTITUTION, 

September    1st,    1779. 

A  S  I)    THE 

MKMJJERS  oj'  THE  "CONVENTION  oi'  is2o. 


BOSTON: 

WFIITK  AND  rOTTF.fi,  PKINTKllo  TO  Till',  ('O.XVKNTION*. 

1853. 


3^VO 


POOLE'S 
tistical    Tieto 


WEDNESDAY,  THE  FOURTH  DAY  OF  MAY, 

1853. 

TOGETHER     WITH     THE 

OPENING  PROCEEDINGS,  AND   LIST  OF  MEMBERS 

OF     THB 

CONVENTION  FOR  FRAMING  THE  CONSTITUTION, 

September   1st,   1779; 


AND    THE 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CONVENTION  OF  1820. 


BOSTON: 

WHITE  AND  POTTER,  PRINTERS  TO  THE  CONVENTION. 
1853.  ' 


RESOLVE 

Recommending   a    Convention. 

State  of  iJHftggacijttsctts 


IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  ) 
June  15,  1779.      } 

WHEREAS,  by  the  returns  made  into  the  Secretary's  Office,  from  more 
than  two-thirds  of  the  Towns  belonging  to  this  State,  agreeably  to  a  Re- 
solve of  the  General  Court,  of  the  20th  of  February  last,  it  appears, 
that  a  large  majority  of  the  inhabitants  of  such  Towns  as  have  made 
return  as  aforesaid,  think  it  proper  to  have  a  new  Constitution  or  form  of 
Government,  and  are  of  opinion,  that  the  same  ought  to  be  formed  by  a 
Convention  of  Delegates,  who  should  be  specially  authorized  to  meet  for 
this  purpose  : 

Therefore,  Resolved,  That  it  be,  and  it  hereby  is  recommended  to  the 
several  inhabitants  of  the  several  Towns  in  this  State  to  form  a  Conven- 
tion, for  the  sole  purpose  of  framing  a  new  Constitution,  consisting  of  such 
number  of  Delegates,  from  each  Town  throughout  this  State,  as  every 
different  Town  is  entitled  to  send  Representatives  to  the  General  Court,  to 
meet  at  Cambridge,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  on  the  first  day  of  Sep- 
tember next.  And  the  Selectmen  of  the  several  Towns  and  Places  with- 
in this  State,  empowered  by  the  laws  thereof  to  send  members  to  the 
General  Assembly,  are  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  call  a  meeting 
of  their  respective  Towns,  at  least  fourteen  days  before  the  meeting  of 
said  Convention,  to  elect  one  or  more  Delegates,  to  represent  them  in  said 
Convention,  at  which  meeting,  for  the  election  of  such  Delegate  or  Dele- 
gates, every  Freeman,  Inhabitant  of  such  town  who  is  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  shall  have  a  right  to  vote. 

Be  it  also  Resolved,  That  it  be,  and  it  hereby  is  recommended,  to  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  several  Towns  in  this  State,  to  instruct  their  respective 
2 


4  CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 

Delegates,  to  cause  a  printed  copy  of  the  Form  of  a  Constitution  they 
may  agree  upon  in  Convention,  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Selectmen  of  each 
Town,  and  the  Committee  of  each  Plantation  ;  and  the  said  Selectmen 
and  Committees  are  hereby  empowered  and  directed  to  lay  the  same  be- 
fore their  respective  Towns  and  Plantations,  at  a  regularjmeeting  of  the 
Male  Inhabitants  thereof,  being  free  and  twenty-one  years  of  age,  to  be 
called  for  that  purpose,  in  order  to  its  being  duly  considered  and  approved 
or  disapproved  by  said  Towns  and  Plantations.  And  it'  is  also  recom- 
mended to  the  several  Towns  within  this  State,  to  instruct  their  respective 
Representatives  to  establish  the  said  Form  of  a  Constitution,  as  the  Con- 
stitution and  Form  of  Government  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  if, 
upon  a  fair  examination,  it  shall  appear  that  it  is  approved  of  by  at  least 
two-thirds  of  those,  who  are  free  and  twenty-one  years  of  age,  belonging 
to  this  State,  and  present  in  the  several  meetings. 

Sent  up   for  concurrence, 

JOHN  HANCOCK,  Speaker. 

IN  COUNCIL,  June  17,  1779. 

Read  and  concurred,     • 

JOHN  AVERT,  Dep'y  Sec'y. 

Consented  to  by  a  Major  Part  of  the  Council. 
A  true  copy, 

Attest,  J.OHN  AVERT,  Dep'y  Sec'y. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  CONVENTION,  begun  and  held  at 
Cambridge,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  on  the  first  day  of  September, 
A.  D.  1779,  in  conformity  to  the  preceding  Resolve  of  the  Great  and 
General  Court  of  the  State  of  the  Massachusetts  Say,  passed  the  llth 
of  June  last,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  framing  a  new  Constitution  of 
Government  for  said  State. 

A.  M.  WEDNESDAY,  1st  Sept.  1779. 

A  large  number  of  Delegates  being  convened, 

On  a  motion  made  and  seconded, 

Voted,  That  a  President  and  Secretary  be  chosen  by  Ballot, 


CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION.  5 

On  a  motion  made  and  seconded, 

Voted,  That  a  Committee  be  chosen  to  receive  and  sort  the  votes. 

Voted,  That  the  Committee  consist  of  three. 

Voted,  That  NATHANIEL  GORHAM,  Esq., 
COL.  DAWES,  and 
BRIG'R.  BROOKS,  be  a  Committee  for  this  purpose. 

On  a  motion  made  and  seconded, 

Voted,  That  the  Convention  first  proceed  to  the  choice  of  a  Secretary. 

The  Committee  aforesaid  accordingly  proceeded  to  receive  and  sort  the 
votes.  • 

The  Committee  having  reported,  it  appeared  that  Samuel  Barrett  was 
chosen  Secretary. 

On  a  motion  made  and  seconded, 

Voted,  That  the  Convention  now  proceed  to  the  choice  of  a  President. 

The  Committee  aforesaid  accordingly  proceeded  to  receive  and  sort  the 
votes. 

The  Committee  having  reported,  it  appeared  that  the  Honorable  JAMES 
BOWDOIN,  Esq.,  was  chosen  President. 

It  was  then  moved,  that  the  Person  usually  attending  the  Meeting  House 
as  Servitor  or  Door  Keeper,  be  directed,  and  he  was  accordingly  directed, 
to  give  his  attendance,  as  Servitor  and  Door  Keeper  to  the  Convention. 

On  a  motion, 

Voted,  That  the  several  Delegates  produce  Certificates  or  other  Creden 
tials  of  their  choice  or  appointment  to  represent  the  several  Towns  in  this 
Convention,  the  same  to  be  laid  before  the  Convention. 

On  a  motion  made  and  seconded, 

Voted,  That  the  Hon'l  WALTER  SPOONER,  and  the  Hon'l  SAMUEL 
ADAMS,  Esq.,  be  a  Committee  to  receive  and  declare  the  same. 

Which  being  done,  it  appeared  that  the  following  gentlemen  were  duly 
returned  to  represent  the  several  Towns  and  Plantations  within  this  State, 
in  this  Convention,  viz. : 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS 

OF    THE 

CONVENTION  FOR  FRAMING  A  CONSTITUTION  OF  GOVERNMENT, 

September  1st,  1779. 


FOR  THE 

COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK. 

Ipswich, 

Mr.  Daniel  Noyce, 

Mr.  John  Crocker, 

Boston, 

Hon.  James  Bowdoin.Esq 
Hon.  Samuel  Adams,  Esq 

Newbury, 

Enoch  Sawyer,  Esq. 
Mr.  Richard  Adams, 

Hon.  John  Hancock,  Esq 

Mr.  Ebenezer  March, 

Hon.  Oliver  Wendell,  Esq 

Newburyport, 

Hon.  Benj.  Greenleaf,  Esq. 

Nathaniel  Appleton,  Esq. 

Hon.  Jona.  Greenleaf,  Esq. 

Samuel  A.  Otis,  Esq. 

Mr.  Jonathan  Jackson, 

Ellis  Gray,  Esq. 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Tracy, 

Thomas  Dawes  ,  Esq. 

Theopilus  Parsons,Esq. 

John  Lowell,  Esq. 

Marblehead, 

Doctor  Charles  Jarvis, 

Lynn, 

Mr.  Samuel  Burrill, 

Ebenezer  Storer,  Esq. 

Andover, 

Samuel  Osgood,  Esq. 

Samuel  Barrett,  Esq. 

Mr.  Samuel  Philips,  jr. 

Roxbury, 

Increase  Sumner,  Esq. 

tt 

Mr.  John  Farnham,  jr. 

Dorchester, 

Mr.  Samuel  Coolidge, 

Mr.  Zebediah  Abbott, 

Milton, 

Ed.  Hutchinson  Robbins, 

Beverly, 

Mr.  George  Cabot, 

Samuel  Henshaw,  Esq. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wood, 

Braintree, 
Weymouth, 

Hon.  John  Adams,  Esq. 
Hon.  James  Humphreys, 

Rowley, 

Nathaniel  Mighill,  Esq. 
Col.  Daniel  Spafford, 

Hingham, 

Rev.  Daniel  Shute, 

Doct.  Parker  Cleaveland, 

Mr.  Joseph  Thaxter,  jr. 

Salisbury, 

Maj.  Joseph  Page, 

Cohasset, 

Haverhill, 

Hon.  N.  P.  Sergeant,  Esq. 

Dedham, 

Rev.  Jason  Haven, 
Doct.  John  Sprague, 

Gloucester, 

Winthrop  Sergeant  Esq. 
Col.  Joseph  Foster, 

Medfield, 

Doct.  James  Jerould, 

Peter  Coffin,  Esq. 

Wrentham, 

Mr.  Thomas  Man, 

Samuel  Whitemore  Esq. 

Mr.  Lemuel  Kollock, 

Capt  Epes  Sergeant, 

JBrookline, 

Major  William  Thomson. 

Topsfield, 

Mr.  Israel  Clarke,  jr. 

Needham, 

Mr.  Abraham  Hobbs, 

Slouflhlon, 

Rev.  Jedediah  Adams, 

Amesbury, 

Mr.  John  Barnard, 

Stoughtonham, 

Mr.  Royal  Kollock, 

Bradford, 

Mr.  Peter  Russell, 

Medway, 

Rev.  Daniel  Stanford, 

Methuen, 

Mr.  John  Sergeant, 

Bellingham, 

Mr.  Noah  Alden, 

Boxford, 

Hull, 

Wenham, 

Walpole, 

Joshua  Clap,  Esq. 

Manchester, 

Chelsea, 

Capt.  Jonathan  Green, 

\tiddleton, 

Mr.  Silas  Meriam, 

Franklin, 

Hon.  Jabez  Fisher,  Esq. 

Danvers, 

Hon.  Samuel  Holton,  Esq. 

Foxborough, 

Mr.  John  Everett. 

Amos  Putnam,  Esq. 

Col.  Israel  Hutchinson, 

Capt.  William  Shillaber 

FOR  THE 

COUNTY  OF  ESSEX. 

Salem, 

Hon.  John  Pickering,  Esq. 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  MIDDLESEX. 

Mr.  William  Pickman, 

Mr.  Henry  Higginson, 

Cambridge, 

Abraham  Watson,  Esq. 

Mr.  Joseph  Orne, 

Mr.  Benjamin  Cooper, 

Mr.  Miles  Greenwood, 

Capt.  Stephen  Dana, 

Mr.  Benjamin  Goodhue,  jr. 

Charlestotm, 

Nath'l.  Gorham,  Esq. 

Ipswich, 

Dummer  Jewett,  Esq. 

Watertown, 

Samuel  Fisk,  Esq. 

Stephen  Choate,  Esq. 

Jonathan  Brown,  Esq. 

Col.  Jonathan  Cogswell, 

Woburn, 

Doct.  Samuel  Blodgctt, 

CON  STITTTTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


Concord, 

John  Cummings,  Esq. 

Spencer,                Mr.  John  Biscoe, 

Ephraim  Wood,  Esq. 

Rutland,                John  Frink,  Esq. 

Newton, 

Dr.  John  King, 

Paxton,                 Capt.  Adam  Maynard, 

Mr.  Thomas  Parker, 

Oakham,               Capt.  Isaac  Stone, 

Reading, 

Mr.  Benjamin  Flynt, 

Barre,                   John  Mason,  Esq. 

JUarlborough, 

Col.  Edward  Barnes, 

Mr.  Andrew  Parker, 

Mr.  Moses  Wood, 

Hubbardston, 

Mr.  Winslow  Bridgham, 

New  Brainlree,    Maj.  James  Woods, 

Billerica, 
Framingham, 

Rev.  Henry  Cummings, 
Hon.  Josiah  Stone,  Esq. 

Southborough,      Doct.  James  Parker, 
Westborough,        Capt.  Stephen  Maynard, 

Lexington, 
Chelmsford, 

Benjamin  Edwauls,  Esq. 
Rev.  Jonas  Clarae, 
Col.  Simeon  Spaulding, 
Oliver  Barron,  Esq. 

Capt.  Nathan  Fisher, 
NortJtborough,      Mr.  Jonathan  Livermore, 
Shrewsbury,          Mr.  Daniel  Hemmenway, 
Lunenburg,            Capt.  George  Kimball, 

Sherburne, 

Daniel  Whitney,  Esq. 

Fitchburg,              Capt.  Thomas  Cowdin, 

tfudbury, 

Col.  Ezekiel  How, 

Uxbridge,              Col.  Seth  Reed, 

Maiden, 

Rev.  Peter  Thatcher, 

Mr.  Benjamin  Green, 

Weston, 

Mr.  Joseph  Roberts, 

Harvard,               Mr.  Oliver  Whitney, 

Mr.  John  Allen, 

Dudley,                  Mr.  Joseph  Upham, 

Medford, 

Stephen  Hall.Tertius,  Esq. 

Bolton,                   Mr.  Ephraim  Fairbanks, 

Hopkinton, 

Mr.  Matthew  Metcalf, 

Upton,                    Rev.  Elisha  Fisk, 

Westford, 

Dr.  Asaph  Fletcher, 

Sturbridge,            Mr.  Joshua  Harding, 

Waltham, 

Jonas  Dix,  Esq. 

Capt  Abel  Mason, 

Capt.  John  Clarke, 

Leominster,           Israel  Nichols,  Esq. 

Stow, 

Mr.  Abraham  Whitney, 

Hardwick,             Mr.  William  Paze, 

Groton, 

Hon.  James  Sullivan,  Esq. 

Brig.  Gen.  Jon.  Warner, 

Shirley, 

Mr.  John  Hastings, 

Pepperell, 

Holden, 

Townsend 

Mr.  James  Locke, 

Western,               Col.  Danforth  Keys, 

Dracut, 

Mr.  Amos  Bradley, 

Douglas,                Mr.  Eliphaz  Stearns, 

Bedford, 

John  Reed,  Esq. 

Grafton,                 Capt.  Luke  Drury, 

Holliston, 

Capt.  Staples  Chamberlain, 

Petersham,            Col.  Ephraim  Doolittle, 

Acton, 

Francis  Faulkner,  Esq. 

Mr.  Ruggles  Spooner, 

Dunstable, 
Lincoln, 

Hon.  John  Tyng,  Esq. 
Brig.  Gen.  E.  Brooks,  Esq. 

Mr.  Samuel  Bryant, 
Royalston,            Mr.Sylvanus  Hemmenway, 

Wilmington, 

Mr.  Abner  Holden, 

Tewksbury, 

Mr.  William  Brown, 

Westminster,        Mr.  Joseph  Miller, 

Ashby, 

Athol,                     Capt.  Ephraim  Stockwell, 

Littleton, 

Capt.  Aaron  Jewett, 

Mr.  Josiah  Goddard, 

Natick, 

Major  Hezekiati  Broad. 

Templeton,            Capt.  John  Richardson, 

Stoneham. 

Mr.  Joel  Grout, 

• 

Princeton,             Asa  Whitcomb,  Esq. 

| 

Winchendon,         Abel  Wilder,  Esq. 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  WORCESTER. 

Woodstock,                                            . 

Northbridge,         Mr.  Jonathan  Bacon. 

Worcester, 

Hon.  Levi  Lincoln,  Esq. 

Ward. 

Joseph  Allen,  Esq. 

Mr.  David  Bigelow, 

^^— 

Lancaster, 

William  Dunsmore,  Esq. 

Capt.  Ephraim  Wilder, 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  HAMPSHIRE. 

Capt.  William  Putnam, 

Mendon, 

Joseph  Dorr,  Esq. 

Springfield,            Mr.  Luke  Bliss, 

Brookfield, 
Oxford, 

Capt.  Peter  Penniman, 
Hon.  Jedediah  Foster  ,Esq 
Ebenezer  Learned,  Esq. 

William  Pyncheon,  Esq. 
West  Springfield,  Abraham  Burbank,  Esq. 
Wilbraham,           Capt.  Phineas  Stebbins, 

Charllon, 

Mr.  Ezra  Bowman, 
Jacob  Davis,  Esq. 

Northampton,        Mr.  Ephraim  Wright, 
Caleb  Strong,  Esq. 

Mr.  Salem  Town, 
Capt.  Samuel  Lamb, 

Southampton,        Capt.  Timothy  Clarke, 
Hadley, 

Sutton, 

Mr.  David  Harwood, 
Mr.  Nathan  Putnam. 

South  Hadley,      Hon.  NoahGoodman.Esq. 
Amherst,                Mr.  John  Billing, 

Mr.  Willis  Hall, 

Granby, 

Rev.  Ebenezer  Chaplin, 
Mr.  Ebenezer  Peirce, 

Hatfte'ld,               Doct.  Elijah  Morton, 
Whalely, 

Leicester, 

Major  Seth  Washburn, 
Col.  William  Henshaw, 

Williamsburg,       Mr.  William  Bodman, 
Westfield,             Col.  John  Moseley, 

9 

CONSTITUTIONAL   CONVENTION. 


Deerfield, 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  BARNSTABLE. 

Greenfield,            Ca.pt.  Agrippa  "Wells, 

Shelburne,             Mr.  Ebenezer  Fisk, 

Barnstable, 

Corncay, 

Sandwich,             Mr.  Lot  Nye, 

Sunderland, 

Yarmouth,            Enoch  Hallett,  Esq. 

Montague, 

Eastham, 

Northfield,            Capt.  Thomas  Alexander, 

Harwich, 

JBrimficld, 

Wellfleet, 

South  Brimfield,   Mr.  William  Carpenter, 

Chatham, 

Momon,                  Major  Reuben  Mun, 

Truro, 

Pelham,                Mr.  Joseph  Packard, 

Falmouth.  . 

Greenwich             I^Iaior  Btirnzibas  Sears 

Mr.  Caleb  West, 

Blandford, 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  BRISTOL. 

Leverett,                Major  Richard  Montague, 

Palmer,                  Mr.  Joshua  Shaw, 

Taunton,               Hon.  Rob.  T.  Paine,  Esq. 

Granville,             Mr.  Oliver  Phelps, 

Brig.  Gen.  G.  Godfrey.Esq. 

JMew  Salem, 

Rehoboth,               William  Winsor,  Esq. 

Belchertown,         Mr.  Joseph  Smith, 

Capt.  Stephen  Bullock, 

Colraine,               Major  Hezekiah  Smith, 

Swansey  and  )      Capt.  Philip  Slead, 

Ware, 

Shawammet,  $      Mr.  John  Mason, 

Warwick,              Mr.  Thomas  Rich, 

Dartmouth,           Hon.  Walter  Spooner,Esq. 

Bernardston, 

Rev.  Samuel  West, 

Murrayfield, 

Mr.  Timothy  Davis, 

Charlemont, 

Norton,                  Mr.  Abraham  White, 

Ashfield,                Capt.  Benjamin  Phillips, 

Mansfield,              Mr.  Isaac  Dean, 

Capt.  Samuel  Bartlett, 

Altleborough,         Col.  John  Daggett, 

Worthington,        Mr.  Seth  Sylvester, 

Capt.  John  Stearns, 

Shutesbury,           Mr.  William  Ewens, 

Major  Elisha  May, 

Chesterfield,           Capt.  William  White, 

Dighlon,                Thomas  Church,  Esq. 

Mr.  Luke  Bonney, 

Mr.  William  Brown, 

Chesterfield  Gore,  Capt.  Thomas  Weeks, 

Freetown,              Mr.  Samuel  Barnaby, 

Southioick,            Mr.  Abner  Fowler, 

ftaynham,             Capt.  Israel  Washburn, 

Suffield, 

Easton,                  Capt.  James  Perry, 

Enfield, 

Berkley,                 Samuel  Toby,  Esq. 

Somers, 

Ludlow, 

.1 

Norwich, 

Merryfield, 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  YORK. 

Plantation,  No.  5, 

Gageborough, 

York,                    Hon.  David  Sewall,  Esq. 

West  Hampton,    Mr.  Sylvester  Judd. 

Kittery,                 Capt.  J.  Heard  Bartlett, 

Wells,                   Nathaniel  Wells,  Esq. 

Berwick,                Hon.  B.  Chadbourne,  Esq. 

• 

Arundel, 

Biddeford, 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  PLYMOUTH. 

Pepperellborough, 

Lebanon, 

Plymouth,             John  Cotton,  Esq. 
Scituate,              Hon.  William  Cushing,Esq 

Sanford, 
Buxton, 

Israel  Vinal,  Esq. 

Fryburgh, 

William  Turner,  Esq. 

Cox  Hall, 

Duxbury, 

Massabeseck, 

Marshfield,            Capt.  Thomas  Waterman, 

Limerick, 

Bridgewter,            Benj.  Willis,  Esq. 

Brownfield, 

Capt.  Nathan  Mitchell, 

Little  Falls. 

Middleborough,     Mr.  John  Miller, 

—  — 

Capt.  William  Shaw, 

Rochester,             Capt.  Nath'l.  Hammond, 

FOR  DUKES  COUNTY. 

Plympton,              Major  Seth  Gushing, 

Capt.  George  Hammond, 
Pembroke,             Rev.  Gad  Hitchcock, 

Edgarton, 
Chilmark, 

Kingston, 

Tisbury. 

Hanover                 Hon.  Joseph  Cushin&r  ESQ 

Abington,               Col.  David  Jones, 
Halifax,                Ebenezer  Thomson,  Esq. 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  NANTUCKET. 

Wareham. 

Sherburne, 

CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  CUMBERLAND. 

Meduncook, 

Pittstown. 

Falmouth, 

Care  Elizabeth, 

Gorham,                Solomon  Lombard,  Esq. 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  BERKSHIRE. 

Brunswick, 

Harpswdl, 

Sheffield, 

Mr.  Silas  Kelloffpr, 

Windham, 

Great  Barrinffton,Doct.  William  Whiting, 

New  Gloucester, 

Patridgefield, 

Mr.  Daniel  Kinney, 

Scarborough,         Mr.  Samuel  Small, 

Williamstown, 

Capt.  Stephen  Davis, 

Peirtontown, 

Mr.  Elisha  Baker, 

Royalsburg, 

New  Marlboro', 

Capt.  Zenas  Wheeler, 

flray, 

Jabez  AVard,  Esq. 

Kaymondtown, 

Lanesborou°h, 

Col.  Jonathan  Smith, 

Bakerstown, 

James  Harris,  Esq. 

Sylvester's  Town, 

Piltsficld, 

William  AVilliams,  Esq. 

Bridgetown. 

Lenox, 

Capt.  AVilliam  Walker, 

Mr.  Caleb  Hyde 

Slockbndge, 

Mr.'  Elias  Gilbert, 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  LINCOLN. 

Mr.  Asa  Bement, 

Ezremont, 

Ephraim  Fitch,  Esq. 

Pownalborougfi  , 

Tyringham, 

Capt.  Ezekiel  Herrick. 

Georgetown, 

Sandisfield, 

Mr.  James  Ayrault, 

Newcastle, 

Mr.  David  Deming, 

Woolwich, 

Becket, 

Mr.  Elisha  Carpenter, 

Topsham, 

Windsor, 

Mr.  Hezekiah  Green, 

Bowdoinham, 

Capt.  Leicester  Grosvenor, 

Boothbay, 

Hancock, 

Mr.  Asa  Douglass, 

Bristol,                  Mr.  Jacob  Eaton, 

Richmond, 

Mr.  Cromstock  Betts, 

Vassalborovgh, 

London, 

Winthrop.      .      Mr.  Benjamin  Brainard. 

Washington, 

Winslow, 

W.  Stockbridge, 

Capt.  Increase  Hewins, 

Waldoborough, 

Alford, 

Mr.  John  Adams,  jr. 

Edgecomb, 

New  Anhford, 

Hallowell, 

Asheweelot, 

Belfast, 

Plantation  No.  1 

) 

Warren, 

Adams, 

Thomaston, 

New  Providence, 

Mr.  Peter  Werdin, 

Lower  St.  Georges, 

Lee. 

THTTESDAY,  28th  Oct.  1779. 

Several  new  Members  appearing  produced  certificates  of  their  appointment  to  sit  and 
act  in  this  Convention,  which  were  respectively  read  and  approved,  and  the  gentlemen 
took  their  seats  accordingly,  viz. : 


FROM  THE  COUNTY  OF  HAMPSHIRE 

Brimfteld,  Hon.  T.  Danielson,  Esq. 

Sunderland,  Mr.  D.  Montague, 

Major  Whitmore, 
Charlemont,  Mr.  Aaron  Rice, 

New  Salem,  Capt.  Jeremiah  Ballard, 

Buckland,  Mr.  Thomas  Maxwell. 

MIDDLESEX. 

Ashby,  Capt.  Jonathan  Lock, 

Pepperell,  Col.  Henry  Woods, 

Wilmington,          Capt.  John  Harnden, 
Mr.  Edward  Kendall. 

SUFFOLK. 
Needham,  Col.  William  Mclntosh. 


Hubbardston, 
Holden, 


Adams, 


Kingston, 


Marblehead, 


WORCESTER. 

Mr.  John  Woods, 
Mr.  Richard  Flag. 

BERKSHIRE. 
Samuel  Todd,  Esq. 

PLYMOUTH. 

William  Drew,  Esq. 

ESSEX. 

Hon.  Azor  Orne,  Esq. 
Thomas  Gerry,  Esq. 
Joshua  Orne,  Esq. 
Jonathan  Glover,  Esq. 


of 


IN    THE    YEAR  OF  OUR  LORD  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHT  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY. 

.  • 

'    AN   ACT 

RELATING   TO   THE  CALLING  A  CONVENTION  OF   DELEGATES 

OF  THE  PEOPLE,  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  REVISING 

THE  CONSTITUTION. 

SECT.  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  in  General 
Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  That  the  inhabitants  of  the  several 
towns,  Districts,  and  places  within  this  Commonwealth,  qualified  to  vote  for  Sen- 
ators or  Representatives  in  the  General  Court,  shall  assemble  in  regular  town 
meetings,  to  be  notified  in  the  usual  manner,  on  the  third  Monday  of* August  next, 
and  shall,  in  open  town  meeting,  give  in  their  votes,  by  ballot,  on  tHis  question  : 
"  Is  it  expedient  that  Delegates  should  be  chosen,  to  meet  in  Convention,  for  the 
purpose  of  revising,  or  altering  the  Constitution  of  Government  of  this  Common- 
wealth ?"  And  the  selectmen  of  the  said  towns  and  districts  shall,  in  open  town 
meeting,  receive,  sort,  count  and  declare,  and  the  clerks  thereof  shall,  respectively, 
record  the  votes  given  for  and  against  the  measure ;  and  exact  returns  thereof 
shall  be  made  out,  under  the  hands  of  a  majority  of  the  Selectmen,  and  of  the  clerk, 
who  shall  seal  up  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  county,  within  one 
week  from  the  time  of  meeting,  to  be  by  him  transmitted  to  the  office  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Commonwealth,  on  or  before  the  second  Monday  in  September  next ; 
or  the  selectmen  may  themselves  transmit  the  same  to  said  office,  on  or  before 
the  day  last  mentioned  ;  and  all  returns  not  then  made,  shall  be  rejected  in  the 
counting.  And  the  Governor  and  Council  shall  open  and  examine  the  returns 
made  as  aforesaid,  and  count  the  votes  given  on  the  said  question ;  and  the  Govern- 
or shall  by  public  proclamation,  to  be  made  on  or  before  the  third  Monday  in  said 
month  of  September,  make  known  the  result,  by  declaring  the  number  appearing  in 
favor  of  choosing  Delegates  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  and  the  number  of  votes 
appearing  against  the  same:  And  if  it  shall  appear  that  a  majority  of  the  votes 
given  in,  and  returned  as  aforesaid,  are  in  favor  of  choosing  delegates  as  aforesaid, 
the  same  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  the  will  of  the  people  of  the  Common- 
wealth, that  a  Convention  should  meet  accordingly ;  and  in  case  of  such  majority, 
the  Governor  shall  call  upon  the  people  to  elect  delegates,  to  meet  in  Convention, 
in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 

SECT.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  it  shall  be  declared  by  the  said  procla- 
mation that  the  majority  of  votes  as  aforesaid  is  in  favor  of  choosing  delegates  as 
abovementioned,  the  inhabitants  of  the  several  towns  and  districts  within  the 
Commonwealth,  now  entitled  to  send  one  or  more  representatives  to  the  General 
Court,  shall,  on  the  third  Monday  in  October  ^iext,  assemble  in  town  meeting,  to 
be  duly  notified  by  warrant  from  the  selectmen,  and  shall  elect  one  or  more  dele- 


CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


11 


gates,  not  exceeding  the  number  of  representatives  to  which  such  town  is  entitled, 
to  meet  delegates  from  other  towns  in  Convention,  for  the  purposes  hereinafter 
expressed:  And  at  such  meeting  of  the  inhabitants,  every  person  entitled  to  vote 
for  representatives  in  the  General  Court  shall  have  a  right  to  vote  in  the  choice  of 
delegates  ;  and  the  selectmen  shall  preside  at  such  elections  ;  and  shall,  in  open 
meeting,  receive,  sort,  count,  and  declare  the  votes,  and  the  clerk  shall  make  a 
record  thereof,  fair  copies  of  which,  attested  by  the  selectmen  and  clerk,  shall  be 
seasonably  delivered  to  each  person  chosen  a  delegate  as  aforesaid.  And  all  the 
laws  now  in  force,  regulating  the  duty  and  conduct  of  town  officers,  sheriffs,  mag- 
istrates, and  electors,  in  the  elections  of  governor,  lieutenant  governor,  counsellors, 
and  senators,  and  representatives,  shall,  as  far  as  applicable,  apply  and  be  in  full 
force  and  operation  as  to  all  meetings  holden,  and  elections  and  returns  made 
under  this  act,  or  which,  by  this  act,  are  required  to  be  holden  or  made,  and  upon 
the  like  forfeitures  and  penalties. 

SECT.  3.  Be  it  furllier  enacted,  That  the  persons  so  elected  delegates  shall 
meet  in  Convention,  in  the  State  House  in  Boston,  on  the  third  Wednesday  in 
November  next;  and  they  shall  be  the  judges  of  the  returns  and  election  of  their 
own  members,  and  may  adjourn  from  time  to  time,  and  one  hundred  of  the  persons 
elected  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business ;  and  they  shall 
proceed,  as  soon  as  may  be,  to  organize  themselves  in  Convention,  by  choosing  a 
president,  and  such  other  officers  as  they  may  deem  expedient,  and  by  establishing 
proper  rules  of  proceeding  ;  and  when  organized,  they  nmy  take  into  consideration 
the  propriety  and  expediency  of  making  any,  and  if  any,  what  alterations  or 
amendments  in  the  present  Constitution  of  Government  of  the  Commonwealth ;  and 
such  amendments,  when  made  and  adopted  by  the  said  Convention,  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  people  for  their  ratification  and  adoption,  in  such  manner  as  the  said 
Convention  shall  direct;  and  if  ratified  by  the  people  in  the  manner  directed  by 
the  said  Convention,  the  Constitution  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  altered  or 
amended  accordingly  ;  and  if  not  so  ratified,  the  present  Constitution  shall  be  and 
remain  the  Constitution  of  Government  of  this  Commonwealth. 

SECT.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  Convention  shall  establish  the 
pay  or  compensation  of  its  officers  and  members,  and  the  expense  of  its  session  ; 
and  His  Excellency,  the  Governor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
Council,  is  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the  Treasurer  therefor. 

SECT.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  be 
and  he  hereby  is  directed,  forthwith,  after  the  passage  thereof,  to  transmit  printed 
copies  of  this  Act  to  the  selectmen  of  every  town  and  district  within  the  said  Com- 
monwealth ;  and  whenever  the  Governor  shall  issue  his  proclamation,  calling  upon 
the  people  to  elect  delegates,  to  meet  in  Convention  as  aforesaid,  the  said  Secreta- 
ry shall  also,  immediately  thereafter,  transmit  printed  copies  of  said  proclamation, 
attested  by  himself,  to  the  selectmen  of  every  town  and  district  in  said  Common- 
wealth. [Approved  by  the  Governor,  June  16th,  1820.] 


CONVENTION     OF     DELEQATKS 

Assembled  at  the  State  House,  in  Boston,  November  15th,  1820,  for  the  purpose  of 
Revising  the  Constitution  of  Massachusetts,  in  pursuance  of  the  law  of  June  16th. 


LIST    OF     DELEGATES. 


SUFFOLK. 

Boston— His  Honor  William  Phillips,  Hon.  Wil- 
liam Gray,  Isaac  Parker,  Charles  Jackson,  Thomas 
Dawes,  John  Davis,  William  Prescott,  Artemas 
Ward,  James  Prince,  Esq.,  Rev.  James  Freeman, 
Hon.  John  Phillips,  Josiah  Quincy,  Peter  C.  Brooks, 
John  Welles,  Israel  Thorndike,  Daniel  Davis.  John- 
athan  Hunewell.  Uev.  Thomas. Baldwin,  Thomas 
Melville,  Esq  ,  Hon.  William  Sullivan.  Kedford 
Webster,  Esq.,  George  Blake,  Esq.,  Hon.  Daniel 
Wesbter,  John  T.  Apthorp,  Esq.,  Benjamin  Russell, 


C.  Warren,  William  Harris,  Esq.,  Samuel  Hubbard, 
Esq.,  Kev.  Paul  Dean,  Mr.  Eliphalet  Williams, 
James  T.  Austin,  Esq.,  Mr.  William  Sturgis,  James 
Savage,  Esq.,  Mr.  Heman  Lincoln,  Rev.  Henry 
Ware,  Nathan  Hale,  Esq.,  Mr.  Samuel  A.  Welles, 
Mr.  Lynde  Walter,  Mr.  Geo.  Bond. 
Chelsea — Rev.  Joseph  Tuckerman. 

ESSEX. 

Amesbury— John  Morse,  Esq.,  Enoch  Bartlett. 

Andover— -John  Kneeland,  Stephen  Barker. 

Beverly— Rev.  N.  W.  Williams,  Deacon  John 
Low,  Hon.  Nathan  Dane,*  Hon  Robert  Rantoul. 

Boxford— Thomas  Perley. 

Bradford— Deacon  Daniel  Stickney,  Jesse  Kim- 
ball,  Jun.,  Esq. 

Darners— Ebenezer  Shillaber,  Caleb  Oakes,  John 
Pago,  Ebenezer  King. 

Mssex— Jonathan  Story. 

Gloucestei — Col.  William  Pearce,  John  Kittredge, 
Esq.,  Capt.  William  W.  Parrntt.  Nehemiah  Knowl- 
ton.  Col.  William  Beach,  Capt.  Ellas  Davidson. 

//amtV/on^Jonathan  Lamson. 

Haverhill— Hon.  Bailey  Bartlett,  Col.  Charles 
White,  Moses  Wingate,  Esq. 

Ipswich— John  Heard, -Nathaniel  Wade. 

Lynn— Joseph  Fuller,  Jonathan  Batchelder, 
Enoch  Mudge,  Jan.,  John  Lovejoy,  Ezra  Mudge. 

Lvnnfield—A.sa.  T.  Newhall. 

Manchester — Col.  David  Colby. 

Marblehead— Nathan  Hooper,  Joshua  Prentiss, 
Jun.,  Benjamin  Knight,  Nathan  Martin,  John  H. 
Gregory. 

Afethiien— Stephen  Barker. 

Middleton— Rev.  Ebenezer  Hubbard. 

Netcbury— Josiah  Little,  Esq.,  Richard  Pike,  Esq. 
Moses  Little,  Esq. 

Ifewbui-yport—llev.  John  Andrews,  Hon.  Samuel 
S.  Wilde,  William  Bartlett,  William  B.  Bannister, 
James  Prince,  Dr.  Nathan  Noyes. 

Rowley— Parker  Cleveland,  Joshua  Jewett. 

Salem— Hon.  Benjamin  Pickman,  Joseph  Story, 
Leverett  Saltonstall,  Gideon  isarstow,  Esq.,  David 
Cummings,  Esq.,  Stephen  White,  Esq.,  John  G. 
King.  Michael  Shepherd,  John  Derby,  Jun. 

Salisbury— Samuel  March,  Benjamin  Evans. 

Saugus— Jonathan  Makepeace. 

Topsfield— Cyrus  Cummings. 

Wenham — John  Dodge. 

West  Jfewbury— Thomas»Hills. 

MIDDLESEX. 

Acton — Joseph  Noyes,  Esq. 
Ashby— John  Locke. 
Billerica — Joseph  Locke. 
Bedford— William  Webber. 


Brighton— Francis  Winship. 

Burlington— None. 

Cambridge— Levi  Farwell,  Peter  Tufts,  Jun., 
Hon.  Samuel  P.  P.  Fay. 

Carlisle— Benjamin  'Barrett. 

Charlestown— Seth  Knowles,  William  Austin, 
Thomas  Harris,  Leonard  M.  Parker,  George  Bart- 
lett. Timothy  Thompson,  Jun. 

Chelms/ord—Amos  Whitney,  Jonathan  Pelham, 

Concord— Samuel  Hoar,  Juc.,  Esq.,  John  Keyes, 
Esq. 

JJracut— Hon.  Joseph  B.  Varnum. 

Dunstable— Benjamin  Rice. 

East  Sudbuni — Jacob  Reeves,  Esq. 

Framing/iam—John  Trowbridge,  Esq.,  Josiah  Ad- 
ams, Esq. 

Groton— Luther  Lawrence,  Esq.,  Hon.  Samuel 
Dana. 

Holliston— Elihu  Cutter,  Esq. 

Jlopkinton— Joseph  Valentine,  Esq.,  Xathan 
Phipps. 

Lexington — Nathan  Chandler,  Esq. 

Lincoln— Samuel  Hoar,  Esq. 

Littleton — Rev.  Edmund  Foster. 

Maiden— Elder  Ebenezer  Nelson,  Phineas 
Sprague. 

Marlborouqh—3oe\  Cranston. 

Medjord— Nathaniel  Hall,  Abner  Bartlett. 

Jfatick — Jonathan  Bacon. 

Newton— Gen.  Ebeuezer  Cheney,  Joseph  Jackson, 
Esq. 

Pepperell— John  Walton,  Abel  Jewett. 

Reading— Daniel  Flint,  Timothy  Wakefleld. 

Sherburne— Calvin  Sanger. 

Shirley— Nathaniel  Holden,  Esq. 

South  Heading— Willieuu  Nichols. 

Stoneham— None. 

Stow  and  Soxborough— Joseph  Stone. 

Sudbury— William  Hunt,  Esq. 

Tew ksbury— Jesse  Trull. 

Townsend— Samuel  Brooks,  Esq. 

Tynqsborough— None. 

Waltham— John  Clark,  David  Townsend. 

Watertown— Walter  Hnnnewell. 

West  Cambridge— Hon.  William  Whittemore. 

Westford-Jolm  Abbott. 

Weston— Isaac  Fiske,  Esq. 

Wilmington— William  Ulanchard.  Jun. 

Woburn— John  Wade,  Marshall  Fowle. 

WORCESTER. 

Ashburnham— Silas  Willard. 

Athol— Joseph  Eastabrook. 

Barre— Nathaniel  Jones,  Nathaniel  Houghton. 

Berlin— Amos  Sawyer. 

Jiolton — Nathaniel  Longley. 

ttoylston— Jonathan  Bond." 

Brookfleld— Simeon  Draper,  Beth  Field. 

Charlton— John  Spurr,  Isaac  Rider. 

^a»a-Ephraim  Whipple. 

Douglas— Welcome  Wiiipple. 

.Oud/ey-William  Windsor. 

Fitc/iburg—John  Sheplev,  Calvin  Willard. 

Gardner— William  Whitney. 

Graflon— Pardon  Aldrich.  " 

Hardwick— Timothy  Page.  Joseph  Stone. 

Harvard— Thomas  Hersey,  lle\.  Abisiiu  Samson. 

Jfolden-wmiam  Drury. 

Hubbardston — Epliraim  Allen. 

Lancaster— Jacob  Fiaher,  Davis  Whitman. 

Leicester— Henry  Sargent. 


'  Did  not  attend. 


CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


13 


Lawrence,  Joseph  O.  Ken- 
dall. 

L'mtnburg— Josiah  Stearns,  Egq. 

Mtndon— Hon.  Jonathan  Russell,  Dr.  Daniel 
Thurber. 

Mil/ord— Esek  Greene. 

Millbury— Aaron  1'lerce. 

New  Braintree— Joseph  Bowman. 

Northborough — James  Keyes. 

Jforthbridge—Kev.  John  Crane. 

North  Bronkfleld—\^\\\f\  Gilbert. 

Oakham— William  Crawford,  Jun. 

Oxford— Klchard  Olney. 

fmton—JooftiuB  1'.  Grosvenor. 

Petersham— Hutchlns  Hapgood,  Israel  Hough  ton. 

Phillipston — John  Doanc. 

Princeton— Ward  N.  Boylston. 

JRoyalston— Rufus  Bullock. 

Jutland— Zadoek  Gates. 

Shrewsbury— Nathan  Pratt. 

Southburoiigh—Rev.  Jeroboam  Parker. 

Southbridge— Nathan  II.  Harding. 
Spencer— James  Draper,  Jun. 

Sterling— Thomas  H.  Blood,  John  Bobbins,  Jun. 

>S7»i  bri<l</e— Itev.  Xciias  L.  Leonard. 

Button— Hon.  Jonas  Sibley,  Darius  Russell. 

Templeton— Lovell  Walker. 

Upton— Ezra  Wood. 

Uxbridge—llon.  Bezalecl  Taft,  Samuel  Reed. 

Ward— John  Clark. 

Westborough— Nathan  Fisher,  Esq. 

West  Boylston— Robert  B.  Thomas. 

Weston— Chester  1'owors. 

Westminstei — Jonas  Whitney,  Edward  Kendall. 

Winchendon— Samuel  1'rentiss. 

Worcester— Abraham  Lincoln,  Esq..,  Hon.  Lev! 
Lincoln,  Edward  D.  Bangs,  Esq. 

HAMPSHIRE. 

Amhertt— Hon  Ebenezer  Mattoon,  Israel  Scott. 
Belchertown— Eliaklm  I'hclps,  Phllo  Dickinson. 
Chesterfield— Barnabas  Billings. 
Cummington — Nehcniiah  Kichards. 
Easthampton— Thaddeus  Clapp. 
Goshen— Timothy  Lyman. 
Granby— Eli  Dickinson. 
Greenwich— Laban  Marcy. 
Uadley— Moses  Porter,  Samuel  Porter. 
Hat  field—  Oliver  Smith. 
Middlefield— David  Mack,  Jun.,  Esq. 
Northampton— Hon.  Joseph  Lymau,  Hon.  Samuel 
Hinckley,  Ebenezer  Hunt,  Jun. 
Norwich— Artemus  Knight. 
Pelham—ltev.  Winthrop  Bailey. 
Plainfield— James  Kichards,  Esq. 
South  Jfadley—Veler  Allen. 
Southampton— Luther  Edwards. 
Ware— William  Bowdoin. 
West  Hampton— Rev.  Enoch  Hale. 
Williamsburg — John  Wells. 
Worthington— Hon.  Ezra  Starkweather. 

HAMPDEN. 

Blandford— Enos  Boyse,  Abner  Gibbs. 

Brimfield— Israel  E.  Trask,  John  Wyles. 

Chester— Martin  Phelps. 

(franville—Amos  Foote. 

Holland  and  South  Brimfield— Chtulea  Gardner. 

Longmeadow— Calvin  Burt. 

lAtdlow— Alfred  Flower. 

Monson— Ede  Whitaker,  Deodatus  Dutton. 

Montgomery— Oren  Parks. 

Palmei — Amos  Hamilton. 

Russell— None. 

Southwick — Enos  Foote,  Joseph  Forward. 

Springfield—lion.  George  Bliss,  Hon.  Jonathan 
Dwipht.  Jun.,  Moses  Chapln,  Oliver  B.  JMorris. 

To/land—  Henry  Hamilton. 

Westfield—  Hon.  Samuel  Fowler,  Jededlah  Tay- 
lor, Jesse  Farnham. 

West  Springfield— Luther  Frink,  Timothy  Hor- 
ton,  James  Kent. 

Wllbraham— Abel  Bliss,  Jun.,  Luther  Stebblns. 


FRANKLIN. 

Ashfield—  Henry  Bassett,  Lev!  Cook. 
Bernardston— Jonathan  Allen. 
Buckland— Enos  Pomeroy. 
Charlemont— Asahel  Judd. 
Colraine— Robert  L.  McLellan,  George  Eels. 
Cemcay— John  Arms. 


n.  Ephralm  Williams,  Hon.  Elibu 
Hoyt. 

Gill— Seth  S.  Rowland. 
Greenfield— Elijah  Alvord. 
Hawley — Zenaa  Banks. 
heath— Jesse  Gale. 
Leverett— Roswell  Field. 
Leyden— Elisha  Chapln. 
Montague — Rev.  Aaron  Gates. 
New  Salem— Varney  Pierce. 
Jforthfield—Jiev.  Thomas  Mason. 
Orange— Josiah  Cobb. 
Rome— None. 

Shetburne—  BenonI  Pratt.     / 
Shutesbtiry — John  Conkcy,  Jun. 
S'Uiderland— Nathaniel  Smith. 
Warwick— Jonathan  Blake,  Jun. 
Wendell— Hon.  Joshua  Green. 
Whately— Thomas  Saunderson. 

BERKSHIRE. 

Adams— .John  Waterman,  James  Mason. 

Alford—  Elihu  Lester,  Esq. 

Seeket — George  Conant. 

Cheshire— Rev.  Samuel  Bloss. 

Clarksburg — None. 

Batten — John  Chamberlain. 

Egremont — James  Baldvfin,  Esq. 

t'lorida— None. 

Great  Harrington— Moses  Hopkins. 

Hancock— Hodman  Hazard. 

y/i>i«rfa/e— Artemas  Thompson. 

Lanesborough— William  H.  Tyler. 

Lee— James  Whiton. 

Lenox — Caleb  Hyde. 

Mount  Washington — None.  « 

New  Ashford — N'one. 

New  Marlboro'— Gen.  Ebenezer  Hyde,  Salmon 
Kasson. 

0/is— Col.  Samuel  Picket. 

Peru— Cyrus  Stowell. 

Pittsfield— Nathan  Willis,  Henry  H.  Childs,  Jon- 
athan V.  Clark. 

Richmond— Zecharjah  Pierson. 

Sandisfield— Church  Smith,  Eliaklm  HulL 

Southfield— None. 

Savoy— None. 

Shejheld— Stephen  Dewey,  Silas  Kellogg. 

Stockbridge— Joseph  Woodbrldge. 

Turingham—John  Garfleld,  Esq. 

Washington— Philip  Eames. 

West  Stockbridge— Col.  Joseph  B.  Hill. 

Williamstown— Allanson  Porter,  Stephen  IIos- 
ford. 

Windsor — Daniel  Dana. 

NORFOLK. 

Bellingham — Benjamin  Hall. 

Braintree— Rev.  Richard  S.  Storrs. 

Brookline — Hon.  Rir.hard  Sullivan. 

Cannon— Jonathan  Leonard. 

Cohasset~ James  C.  Doane. 

Dedham— Hon.  John  Endicott,  Hon.  James  Rich- 
ardson, William  Ellis,  Esq. 

Dorchester— Hon.  Perez  Morton,  Henry  Gardner, 
Thomas  Crehore. 

foxborough — Seth  Boydcn,  Esq. 

Franklin— Joseph  Bacon.  Eli  Richardson,  Jun. 

Medjield  and  Dover— Rev.  Dr.  Daniel  C.  Saun- 
ders. 

Medway— William  Felt. 

Milton— Barney  Smith,  Jededlah  Atberton. 

Needham — Aaron  Smith. 

Qiiincy— Hon.  John  Adams,  Thomas  Greenleaf. 

Randolph — Thomas  French. 

Jtoxbury — Henry  A.  S.  Dearborn,  Ebenezer  Sea- 
ver,  Abijah  Draper,  Sherman  Leland. 

Sharon — Benjamin  Reynolds,  Esq. 

Stoughton— Samuel  Talbott. 
Walpole— Jc«se  Boyden. 

Wfymouth— Lemuel  Humphrey,  Noah  Torrey. 
Wrentham— Samuel     Day,*   Allen     Tillinghast, 
Samuel  Bugbee. 


PLYMOUTH. 

Abtngton— ^Nathan  Gurney,  Jared  Whitman. 
Bridgewater — Daniel    Howard,  Daniel  Mitchell, 
Howard  Gary,  Zeph  Fobes. 
Carvei — Benjamin  Ellis. 

Duxbury— Rev-  John  Alleyne,  Samnel  A.  Frazer. 
*  Did  not  attend. 


14 


CONSTITUTION AL      CONVENTION. 


Halifax— Zededlah  Thompson. 

Hanover—  Robert  Kells. 

Hanson — Calvin  Tllden. 

lliiiy/iam — Kcv.  Joseph  Richardson,  Jotham  Lin- 
coln, Jun.,  Thomas  Fearing. 

JI'ill— None. 

Kingston—  George  B.  Holmes. 

Marshfield — Rev.  Martin  Harris. 

Middleborough — Hon.  Thomas  Weston,  John 
Tinkam,  Samuel  Pickens,  I<evi  Pierce,  Seth  Miller, 
Jun. 

Pembroke — David  Oldham,  Jun. 

Plympton — None. 

Plymouth— Barnabas  Hedge,  John  B.  Thomas, 
Joseph  Bartlett,  Jun.,  Benjamin  Bramhall,  Nathan- 
iel M.  Davis. 

Rochester — Abraham  Holmes,  Gideon  Barstow, 
Jun.,  Philip  Crandon. 

Scituate— Hon.  Charles  Turner,  Jesse  Dunbar, 
John  Collamore. 

Wareham— Benjamin  Bourne,  Esq. 

BRISTOL. 

Attleborough—Jabez  Newell,  Abiathar  Richard- 
son, Jun.,  Lemuel  May. 

Berkley — Jabez  Fox. 

Dartmouth — Hon.  Holder  Slocum,  Elihu  Slocum, 
Caleb  Anthony. 

ZMaMONr-rWfilUm  Wood. 

Easton— Shepherd  Leach,  Esq.,  Isaac  Lathrop, 
Alden  Spooner,*  Thomas  Nye.* 

Fairhav  en— None. 

Freetown— Hon.  Nathaniel  Morton,  Jun.,  Earl 
Sampson, 

Mansfield— Solomon  Pratt. 

Mew  Bedford — John  A.  Parker,  James  Howland, 
2d,*  Seth  Russell,  Silas  Kempton. 

Norton— George  Walker,  Seth  Hodges. 

liaynham—Sll&a  Hall. 


Itehoboth— James  Bliss,  Jeremiah  Wheeler,  Sam- 
uel Bullock. 

Seekonk -Robert  Daggett,  Joseph  Sisson,  Jun. 

Somerset — David  Gray. 

SiDansey— Daniel  Hale,  John  Mason. 

Taunton — Jonas  Godfrey,  James  L.  Hodges,  Thus. 
Lincoln,  Nathan  Leonard,  Robert  Dean. 

Troy— William  B.  Cannedy. 

Westport— Abner  B.  Gifford,  Tillinghast  Almy, 
Nathan  C.  Brownell. 

Wellington— Thomas  S.  Baylies,  Esq. 

BARNSTABLE. 

Barnstable— Nymphas  Marston,  William  Lewis, 
Nailer  Crocker. 

Brewster— Gen.  Elijah  Cobb. 

Chatham  —  Capt.  Salathiel  Nickerson,  Capt. 
Joseph  Young. 

Dennis— Oren  Howe. 

Eastham — Samuel  Freeman. 

Falmouth— Thomas  Fisk,  Braddock  Dlmmick. 

Harwich — None. 

Orleans — Daniel  Cumin gs. 

Provin  cetoien—Kone. 

Sandwich — Russell  Freeman,  Elisha  Pope,  Seth 
F.  Nye. 

Truro — None. 

Wellfleet — Reuben  Arey. 

Yarmouth— Elisha  Doanc,  Hon.  John  Reed. 

DUKES. 

Chilmark— None. 

Edgartown— Thomas  Cook,  Jun. 

Tisbury — Shubael  Dunham. 

NANTUCKET. 

Nantucket  —  Josiah  Hussey,  Hezekiah  Barnard, 
Jethro  Mitchell,  Gideon  Folger,  William  Mitchell, 
Barker  Burnell. 


*  Did  not  attend. 


IN  THE  YEAR  QF  OUR  LORD  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHT  HUNDRED  AND  FIFTY-TWO. 


AN   ACT 


RELATING   TO  THE  CALLING  A  CONVENTION  OF  DELEGATES 

OF  THE  PEOPLE,  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  REVISING  THE 

CONSTITUTION. 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  in  General  Court  assem- 
bkd,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  as  follows : 

SECT.  1.  The  inhabitants  of  the  several  cities,  towns,  districts,  and  places 
within  this  Commonwealth,  qualified  to  vote  for  senators  or  representatives  in  the 
General  Court,  shall,  on  the  second  Monday  of  November  next,  at  the  meetings 
to  be  then  held  in  the  several  cities  and  towns  in  the  Commonwealth,  for  the  choice 
of  governor,  lieutenant-governor,  senators  and  representatives  in  the  General 
Court,  an  article  for  this  purpose  being  inserted  in  the  warrants  calling  said  meet- 
ings, give  in  their  votes  by  ballot  on  this  question :  "  Is  it  expedient  that  delegates 
should  be  chosen  to  meet  in  convention  for  the  purpose  of  revising  or  altering  the 
constitution  of  government  of  this  Commonwealth  ? "  And  the  vote  upon  said 
question  shall  be  in  open  meeting,  and  the  votes  in  the  several  cities  and  towns  in 
the  Commonwealth  shall  be  received,  sorted,  counted,  declared,  and  transmitted  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  in  the  same  manner  as  the  votes  for  govern- 
or, lieutenant-governor,  and  senators  are  now  received,  sorted,  counted,  declared 
and  transmitted  by  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  Commonwealth ;  and  all  re- 
turns not  thus  made  shall  be  rejected  in  the  counting.  And  the  governor  and 
council  shall  open  and  examine  the  returns,  made  as  aforesaid,  and  count  the  votes 
given  on  the  said  question  ;  and  the  governor  shall,  by  public  proclamation,  to  be 
made  on  or  before  the  first  Wednesday  in  January  next,  make  known  the  result, 
by  declaring  the  number  appearing  in  favor  of  choosing  delegates  for  the  purpose 
aforesaid,  and  the  number  of  votes  appearing  against  the  same ;  and  if  it  shall 
appear  that  a  majority  of  the  votes  given  in  and  returned  as  aforesaid  are  in  favor 
of  choosing  delegates  as  aforesaid,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  the 
will  of  the  people  of  the  Commonwealth,  that  a  convention  should  meet  accord- 
ingly ;  and  in  case  of  such  majority,  the  governor  shall  call  upon  the  people  to 
elect  delegates  to  meet  in  convention,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 

SECT.  2.  If  it  shall  be  declared  by  the  said  proclamation,  that  the  majority  of 
votes,  as  aforesaid,  is  in  favor  of  choosing  delegates,  as  above-mentioned,  the  in- 
habitants of  the  several  cities  and  towns  within  the  Commonwealth,  now  entitled 
any  one  year  to  send  one  or  more  representatives  to  the  General  Court,  shall,  on 
the  first  Monday  of  March,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-three, 


16  CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 

assemble  in  their  several  meetings,  to  be  duly  notified  by  warrant  from  the  select- 
men of  the  several  towns  and  the  mayor  and  aldermen  of  the  several  cities,  and 
shall  elect  one  or  more  delegates,  not  exceeding  the  number  of  representatives  to 
which  each  town  or  city  was  entitled  last  year,  it  being  the  year  in  which  the  val- 
uation of  estates  in  the  Commonwealth  was  settled,  to  meet  delegates  from  other 
towns  and  cities  in  convention,  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  expressed.  And  at 
such  meetings  of  the  inhabitants,  every  person  entitled  to  vote  for  representatives 
in  the  General  Court,  shall  have  a  right  to  vote  in  the  choice  of  delegates,  and  the 
same  officers,  in  the  several  cities  and  towns  in  the  Commonwealth,  shall  preside 
at  such  elections,  as  now  preside  in  the  choice  of  representatives  to  the  General 
Court ;  and  the  votes  for  said  delegates  shall  be  received,  sorted,  Counted,  declared, 
recorde  d,  and  copies  thereof  delivered  to  the  delegates  chosen,  in  the  same  manner 
as  is  now  provided  for  in  the  case  of  representatives  to  the  General  Court.  And 
all  laws  now  in  force,  regulating  the  duty  and  conduct  of  town  and  city  officers, 
sheriff's,  magistrates,  and  electors,  in  the  election  of  governor,  lieutenant-governor, 
senators,  and  representatives,  shall,  as  far  as  applicable,  apply,  and  be  in  full  force 
and  operation,  as  to  all  meetings  holden,  and  elections  and  returns  made,  under 
this  act,  or  which  by  this  act  are  required  to  be  holden  or  made,  and  upon  the  like 
forfeitures  and  penalties. 

SECT.  3.  The  persons  so  elected  delegates  shall  meet  in  convention  in  the 
state  house,  in  Boston,  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  May,  in  the  year  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  fifty  three ;  and  they  shall  be  the  judges  of  the  returns  and 
elections  of  their  own  members,  and  may  adjourn  from  time  to  time ;  and  one 
hundred  of  thq  persons  elected  shall  constitute  a  querum  for  the  transaction  of 
business  ;  and  they  shall  proceed  as  soon  as  may  be  to  organize  themselves  in  con- 
vention, by  choosing  a  president  and  such  other  officers  as  they  may  deem  expe- 
dient, and  by  establishing  proper  rules  of  proceeding ;  and  when  organized,  they 
may  take  into  consideration  the  propriety  and  expediency  of  revising  the  present 
constitution  of  government  of  this  Commonwealth,  or  the  propriety  and  expediency 
of  making  any,  and  if  any,  what  alterations  or  amendments,  in  the  present  con- 
stitution of  government  of  this  Commonwealth.  And  such  alterations  or  amend- 
ments, when  made  and  adopted  by  the  said  convention,  shall  be  submitted  to  the 
people  for  their  ratification  and  adoption,  in  such  manner  as  the  said  convention 
shall  direct;  and  if  ratified  by  the  people  in  the  manner  directed  by  the  said  con- 
vention, the  constitution  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  altered  or  amended  ac- 
cordingly ;  and  if  not  so  ratified,  the  present  constitution  shall  be  and  remain  the 
constitution  of  government  of  this  Commonwealth. 

SECT.  4.  The  said  convention  shall  establish  the  pay  or  compensation  of  its 
officers  and  members,  and  the  expense  of  its  session ;  and  his  excellency  the 
governor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  is  authorized  to 
draw  his  warrant  on  the  treasury  therefor. 

SECT.  5.  The  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  is  hereby  directed  forthwith, 
after  the  passage  thereof,  to  transmit  printed  copies  of  this  act  to  the  selectmen  of 
each  town,  and  the  mayor  and  aldermen  of  each  city  within  the  Commonwealth  ; 
and  whenever  the  governor  shall  issue  his  proclamation,  calling  upon  the  people 
to  elect  delegates,  to  meet  in  convention  as  aforesaid,  the  said  secretary  shall  also, 
immediately  thereafter,  transmit  printed  copies  of  said  proclamation,  attested  by 
himself,  to  the  selectmen  of  each  town,  and  the  mayor  and  aldermen  of  each  city, 
in  the  Commonwealth.  [Approved,  May  7,  1852.] 


MEMBERS 


CONSTITUTIONAL  CONVENTION, 

1853. 


NATHANIEL  P.  BANKS,  PRESIDENT. 


*  Membcn  of  th«  CoayenUon  of  19-20. 


Besldence. 

Kames. 

Date  of  Birth. 

Native  Place. 

Occupation. 

First 
yr.ln 
Leg. 

SUFFOLK  COUNTY. 

Boston, 

William  Appleton, 

Nov.  16,  1786, 

Brookfield, 

Merchant, 

Francis  Brinley, 

Nov.  10,  18  )0, 

Boston, 

Lawyer, 

1832 

Sidney  Bartlett, 

Feb.  13,  1799,  Plymouth, 

Lawyer, 

1851 

George  W.  Blagden, 

Oct.     3,  1802,  Washington.DC. 

Clergyman, 

Jacob  Bigelow, 
James  M.  Beebe, 

Feb.  27,  1787,  Sudbury, 
Mar.  18,  1809,IPittsfield, 

Physician, 
Merchant, 

Osmyn  Brewster, 
George  W.  Crockett, 

Aug.  2,  1797,IWorthington, 
Oct.    4,  1789,  Northwood,N.H. 

Printer, 
Merchant, 

1848 
1847 

Rufus  Choate, 

Oct.    1,  1799, 

Ipswich, 

Lawyer, 

1827 

Charles  Edward  Cook, 

Oct.  17,  1805, 

Kingston, 

Merchant, 

1846 

Fr's  B.  Crowninshield, 

Apr.  23,  1809, 

Salem, 

Lawyer, 

1846 

William  Dehon, 

Feb.     2,1814, 

Boston, 

Lawyer, 

William  T.  Eustis, 

Oct.  25,  1794, 

Rutland, 

Merchant, 

1834 

A.  G.  Farwell, 

Feb.    6,  1813, 

Fitchburg, 

Merchant, 

John  C.  Gray, 

Dec.  26,  1793, 

Salem, 

Lawyer, 

1828 

Joel  Giles, 

May    6,  1804, 

Townsend, 

Lawyer, 

1840 

Henry  J.  Gardner, 

June  14,  1819, 

Dorchester, 

Merchant, 

1851 

W.  J.  Hubbard, 

July    3,  1802, 

New  York, 

Lawyer, 

1834 

George  S.  Hillard, 

Sept.  22,  1808, 

Machias,  Me. 

Lawyer, 

1836 

Nathan  Hale,* 

Aug.  16,  1784, 

Westhampton, 

Editor, 

1820 

• 

George  Hayward, 

Mar.    9,  1791, 

Boston,                 Physician, 

1820 

Thomas  Hopkinson, 

Aug.  25,  1804, 

New  Sharon,  Me. 

Lawyer, 

1838 

Samuel  H.  Jenks, 

Sept.  20,  1789, 

Boston, 

Notary  Public, 

1835 

George  H.  Kuhn, 

Dec.  14,  1795, 

Boston, 

Merchant, 

1846 

Fred.  W.  Lincoln,  Jr. 

Feb.  27,  1817, 

Boston, 

Mat.  Ins.  Mak. 

1847 

Samuel  K.  Lothrop, 

Oct.  13,  1804, 

Utica,  N.  Y. 

Clergyman, 

George  Morey, 

June  12,  1789, 

Walpole, 

Lawyer, 

1829 

TheophilusR.  Marvin, 

Feb.  23,  1796, 

Norwich,  Ct. 

Printer, 

1840 

Samuel  D.  Parker, 

Dec.    6,  1781, 

Boston, 

Lawyer, 

1853 

James  W.  Paige, 

July    1,  1792, 

Hopkinton.N.H. 

Merchant, 

Jonathan  Preston, 

July  14,  1801, 

Beverly, 

Builder, 

1845 

James  Read, 

Nov.  19,  1789, 

Cambridge, 

Merchant, 

Sampson  Reed, 

June  10,  1800, 

Bridgewater, 

Druggist, 

William  Schouler, 

Dec.  31,  1814, 

Scotland, 

Editor, 

1844 

George  R.  Sampson, 

May    3,  1811, 

Boston, 

Merchant,      • 

J.  Thomas  Stevenson, 

Apr.  21,  1807, 

Boston, 

Merchant, 

1839 

John  Souther, 

Mar.    1,  1818, 

Boston, 

Machinist, 

John  S.  Tyler, 

Sept.  29,  1796, 

Guilford,  Vt. 

Insur.  Broker, 

1853 

George  B.  Upton, 

Oct    11,  1804, 

Eastport,  Me. 

Merchant, 

1838 

Thomas  Wetmore, 

Aug.  31,  1795, 

Boston, 

Lawyer, 

1835 

John  H.  Wilkins, 

Dec.  10,  1794, 

Amherst,  N.  H. 

Merchant, 

1850 

Chelsea, 

John  Penniman, 

Sept.18,  1813, 

Plymouth,  N.  H. 

Builder, 

" 

Augustus  Denton, 

July  10,  1812, 

Boston, 

Painter, 

Nor.  Chelsea, 

Henry  F.  Cooledge, 

Oct.  22,  1802, 

Hillsboro',  N.  H. 

Farmer, 

Winthrop, 

18 


CONSTITUTIONAL     CONVENTION. 


Residence. 

Names. 

Date  of  Birth. 

Native  Place. 

Occupation. 

First 
yr.in 
Leg. 

ESSEX  COUNTY. 

Andover, 

Marcus  Morton,  Jr. 

Apr.    8,1819, 

Taunton, 

Lawyer, 

" 

John  Johnson, 

Apr.  12,  1796, 

Andover, 

Farmer, 

Amesbury, 

Jonathan  Nayson, 

June'29,  1809, 

Weare,  N.  H. 

Druggist, 

1837 

Beverly, 

Robert  Rantoul,* 

Nov.  23,  1778, 

Salem, 

Druggist, 

1809 

" 

Joseph  E.  Ober, 

June  10,  1811, 

Beverly, 

Housewright, 

1853 

Boxford, 

Moses  Dorman, 

Sept.  25,  1803, 

Boxford, 

Farmer, 

1835 

Bradford, 

Nathaniel  Peabody, 

July    7,  1797, 

Bradford, 

Farmer, 

1851 

Danvers, 

A.  A.  Abbott, 

May  30,  1820, 

Andover, 

Lawyer, 

1850 

" 

Milton  P.  Braman, 

Aug.  G,  1799, 

Rowley, 

Clergyman, 

" 

S.  P.  Fowler, 

Apr.  22,  1800, 

Danversport, 

Tanner, 

1839 

Essex, 

W.  J.  A.  Bradford, 

Nov.  19,  1797, 

Wiscasset,  Me. 

Lawyer, 

Georgetown, 

Joseph  Kimball, 

Feb.  21,  1798, 

Boxford, 

Housewright, 

1838 

Gloucester, 

Joseph  L.  Stevens,  Jr. 

Oct.  31,  1822, 

Castine,  Me. 

Merchant, 

" 

Eben  H.  Stacy, 

Mar.  14,  1814, 

Gloucester, 

Merchant, 

Groveland, 

Gardner  P.  Ladd, 

Oct.  23,  1814, 

Bradford, 

Shoe  Cutter, 

Hamilton, 

O.  S.Cressy, 

Feb.    8,  1804,  Bradford,  N.  H. 

Physician, 

Haverhill, 

Charles  B.  Hall, 

June  28,  1815,  Orford,  N.  H. 

Merchant, 

1850 

" 

William  II.  Hewes, 

Feb.    1,  1801,  N.Chester,  N.H. 

Manufacturer, 

Ipswich, 

George  Haskell, 

Aug.  20,  1809, 

Newburyport, 

Lawyer, 

1839 

Lawrence, 

H.  K.  Oliver, 

Nov.  24,  1800, 

Beverly, 

Manufacturer, 

" 

Thomas  A.  Parsons, 

Mar.  19,  1822, 

Gilmanton,N.H. 

Lawyer, 

" 

C.  S.  Storrow, 

Mar.  25,  1809, 

Montreal, 

Civil  Engineer, 

Lynn, 

John  B.  Alley, 

June  17,  1817, 

Lynn, 

Merchant, 

1851 

ii 

Hiram  N.  Breed, 

Sept.   1,  1809, 

Lynn, 

Cordwainer, 

1848 

" 

George  Hood, 

Nov.  10,  1806, 

Lynn, 

Merchant, 

1839 

'< 

Nathaniel  Holder, 

Jan.  19,  1811, 

Marblehead, 

Merchant, 

Lynnfield, 

James  Hewes, 

Nov.  13,  1821, 

Lynnfield, 

Farmer, 

Manchester, 

Richard  H.  Dana,  Jr. 

Aug.   7,  1815, 

Cambridge, 

La\vyer, 

(of  Cambridge,) 

Marblehead, 

Jefferson  Knight, 

Jan.  31,  1817, 

Marblehead, 

Shoe  Manuf. 

1846 

" 

Benjamin  S.  Orne, 

Nov.  30,  1814, 

Marblehead, 

Shoe  Manuf. 

Methuen, 

John  Davis, 

Dec.  15,  1800, 

Methuen, 

Manufacturer, 

Middleton, 

Daniel  Richardson, 

Aug.  17,  1792, 

Middleton, 

Farmer, 

Newbury, 

Daniel  Noyes, 

Feb.    8,  1793, 

Newbury, 

Farmer, 

1837 

Newburyport. 

Henry  W.  Kinsman, 

Mar.    1,  1803, 

Portland,  Me. 

Lawyer, 

1833 

" 

Joseph  B.  Morss, 

Sept.  22,  1898, 

Newburyport, 

Editor, 

1838 

Rockport, 

Rowley, 

Thomas  E.  Payson, 

June  21,  1813, 

Rowley, 

Farmer, 

1850 

Salem, 

Asahel  Huntington, 

July  23,  1798, 

Topsfield, 

Lawyer, 

1827 

Otis  P.  Lord, 

July  11,  1812, 

Ipswich, 

Lawyer, 

1847 

George  Peabody, 

Jan.  12,  1804, 

Salem, 

Merchant, 

1836 

Jonathan  C.  Perkins, 

Nov.  21,  1809, 

Essex, 

Lawyer, 

1845 

Charles  W.  Upham, 

May    4,  1802, 

St  Johns, 

Clergyman, 

1849 

Samuel  B.  Walcott, 

Mar.    7,  1795, 

Bolton, 

Lawyer, 

1832 

Salisbury, 

William  Carruthers, 

Feb.    4,1804, 

Scotland, 

Merchant, 

Saugus, 

Stephen  E.  Hawkes, 

May  25,  1815, 

Saugus, 

Farmer, 

1842 

Swampscot, 

Topsfield, 

Benjamin  P.  Adams, 

Sept.  5,  1806, 

Rowley, 

Merchant, 

Wenham, 

John  A.  Putnam, 

Feb.  21,  1821, 

Danvers, 

Merchant, 

W.  Newbury, 

MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 

Acton, 

Ebenezer  Davis, 

Aug.  13,  1811, 

Acton, 

Farmer, 

Ashby, 

Martin  Howard, 

June  4,  1810, 

Hingham, 

Ropemaker, 

Ashland, 

Simeon  N.  Cutler, 

Sept.  28,  1799, 

Holliston, 

Farmer, 

Bedford, 

John  W.  Simonds, 

Jan.  14,  1808, 

Bedford, 

Shoemaker. 

1844 

Billerica, 

Thomas  Talbot, 

Sept.  7,  1818, 

Cambridge,  N.Y.lMerchant, 

1852 

Boxborougb, 

William  Stevens, 

May  17,  1782, 

Boxborough,         Farmer, 

Brighton, 

Charles  Heard, 

Feb.  26,  1794, 

Wayland,               Merchant, 

1837 

Burlington, 

William  Nichols, 

Oct.    5,  1790, 

Boston,                 (Farmer, 

1842 

Cambridge, 

Simon  Greenleaf, 

Dec.    5,  1783, 

Newburyport,       Proff'r  at  Law, 

" 

John  S.  Ladd, 

July    2,  1810, 

Lee,  N.  H.             Lawyer, 

1847 

CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


19 


Residence. 

Names. 

Date  of  Birth. 

Native  Tlace. 

Occupation. 

First 
vr.  In 
Lpg. 

Cambridge, 

Isaac  Livermore, 

Nov.  21,  1797, 

Waltham, 

Merchant, 

1836 

« 

Joel  Parker, 

Jan.  25,  1795. 

Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

ProfTr  at  Law, 

" 

John  Sargent, 

June  21,  1799, 

Hillsboro',  N.  H 

Merchant, 

1844 

Carlisle, 

John  Jacobs, 

May    7,  1796, 

Carlisle, 

Farmer, 

1851 

Charlestown, 

Rich.  Fro  thingham,Jr 

Jan.  31,  1812, 

Dharlestown, 

Editor, 

1840 

" 

Charles  Thompson, 

July    9,  1798, 

Charlestown, 

Merchant, 

1837 

Chelmsford, 

Samuel  P.  Hadley, 

Aug.  4,  1794, 

Hudson,  N.  H. 

Farmer, 

Concord, 

F.  It.  Gourgas, 

Aug.  22,  1811, 

Dorchester, 

Farmer, 

1840 

Dracut, 

AlpheusR.  Brown, 

Nov.   3,  1814, 

Hopkinton,  N.H 

Lawyer, 

1852 

Dunstable,      j  Isaac  Kendall, 

Sept.22,  1804, 

Dunstable, 

Farmer, 

Franaingham,:Charles  R.  Train, 

Oc».  18,  1817, 

Framingham, 

Lawyer, 

1847 

Groton, 

John  G.  Parks, 

Aug.  31,  J801, 

Pelham, 

Merchant, 

1837 

Holliston, 

Alden  Leland, 

Nov.  3  >,  1807, 

Andover,  Vt. 

Boot  Manuf.     11838 

Hopkinton, 

Eliakim  A.  Bates, 

June  30,  1817, 

Bellingham, 

Merchant, 

Lexington, 

Joel  Viles, 

Oct.  21,  1793,  Lexington, 

Farmer, 

Lincoln, 

William  F.  Wheeler, 

Mar.  11,  1812,  LiAcoln, 

Farmer, 

1853 

Littleton, 

Amasa  Sanderson, 

Apr.  16,  1796,  (Gardner, 

Clergyman, 

1852 

Lowell, 

Josiah  G.  Abbott, 

Nov.    1,  1815, 

Chelmsford, 

Lawyer, 

1837 

" 

ShubaelT?.  Adams, 

Feb.    5,  1817, 

Medfield, 

Lawyer, 

1845 

« 

Benjamin  F.  Butler, 

Nov.  5,  1818, 

Deerfield,  N.  H. 

Lawyer, 

1853 

« 

James  K.  Fellows, 

Aug.  5,  1809, 

Hopkinton.N.H 

Jeweller, 

1837 

« 
i< 

John  W.  Giaves, 
James  M.  Moore, 

Jan.    7,  1810, 
Mar.  19,  18)9, 

Deerfield,  N.  H. 
Shetford,  Vt. 

Physician, 
Manufacturer, 

1850 

11 

Andrew  T.  Nute, 

Oct.     1,  1805, 

Milton,  N.  H. 

Mechanic, 

" 

Peter  Powers, 

Apr.  25,  18  »7, 

Temple,  N.  H. 

Builder, 

« 

Abraham  Til  con, 

Jan.  31,  1792, 

Stratham,N.  H. 

Blacksmith, 

Maiden, 

Daniel  A.  Perkins, 

Feb.  22,  1795, 

Maiden, 

farmer, 

1838 

Marlborough, 
Medford, 

Isaac  Harden, 
William  Haskins, 

Sept.  30,  1789, 
Mar.  18,  1S).3. 

Quincy, 
Scituate, 

Housewright, 
Merchant, 

1837 

M  -'irose, 

Daniel  W.  Gooch, 

Jan.    8.  1820, 

Wells,  Me. 

Lawyer, 

1852 

Natick, 

Henry  Wilson, 

Feb.  16,  1812, 

Farmington,NH 

Editor,               11841 

Newton, 

Ebenezer  Bradbury, 

July  31,  1793, 

Newburyport, 

Machinist, 

1828 

« 

Andrew  H.  Ward, 

May  25,  1784, 

Shrewsbury, 

Lawyer, 

Pepperell, 

Luther  Lawrence, 

Nov.   7,  1801, 

Pepperell, 

Farmer, 

1845 

Reading, 

Tristram  Littlefield, 

July    1,  1813, 

Wells,  Me. 

Mechanic, 

Sherborn, 

Dalton  Goulding, 

Oct.  19,  179J, 

Sherborn, 

farmer, 

Shirley, 

Somerville, 

Luther  V.  Bell, 

Dec.  20,  1806, 

Francestown,NH 

Physician, 

1850 

S.  Reading, 

Lilley  Eaton, 

Jan.  13,  1802, 

Reading, 

Merchant, 

1831 

Stoneham, 

Silas  Dean, 

Nov.   7,  181.5, 

Reading, 

Shoe  Manuf'r, 

Stow, 

Elbridge  Gates, 

Feb.    6,1804, 

Stow, 

Farmer, 

1852 

Sudbury, 

Moses  C.  Hurlbut, 

July    4,  1808, 

Southampton, 

Farmer, 

Tewksbury, 

Jacob  Coggin, 

Sept.  5,  1782, 

Woburn, 

Clergyman, 

1848 

Townsend, 

Stillman  Clark, 

Sept.  23,  1806, 

Cavendish,  Vt. 

Clergyman, 

Tyngsboro', 

Zephaniah  Bennett, 

June  15,  1806, 

Groton, 

Farmer, 

1848 

Waltham, 

Nath'l  P.  Banks,  Jr. 

Jan.  30,  1816, 

Waltham, 

Lawyer, 

1849 

Watertown, 

Wayland. 

W.Cambridge 

"Westford, 

Ezekiel  Wright, 

May  26,  1798, 

Westford, 

Farmer, 

1844 

Weston, 

Edwin  Hobbs, 

Apr.  11,  1811,  Weston, 

Farmer, 

1844 

Wilmington, 

John  M.  Durgin, 

Feb.  11,  1813.  Thornton,  N.  H. 

Clergyman, 

1845 

Winchester, 

F.  0.  Prince, 

Jan.  18,  1818,  Boston, 

Lawyer, 

1851 

Woburn, 

Jonathan  P.  Winn, 

Aug.  24,  1811, 

Burlington, 

Merchant, 

WORCESTER  COUNTY. 

Ashburnham, 

Simeon  Merritt, 

Mar.  21,  1823, 

Sardner, 

Mechanic, 

Athol, 

Lyman  W.  Hapgood, 

Nov.  27,  1812, 

Barre, 

Mechanic, 

Auburn, 

Marcus  Barrett, 

Dec.  23,  1814, 

Thompson,  Ct. 

Banner, 

Barre, 

F.  Emory  Aldrich, 

New  Salem, 

.lawyer, 

Berlin, 

George  S.  Boutwell, 

Jan.  28,  1818, 

Brookline, 

tluu'hant, 

1842 

(of  Groton,) 

Blackstone, 

Willard  Wilson, 

Jan.  11,  1791, 

Mendon, 

Millwright, 

1842 

Bolton, 

Charles  Newman, 

Mar.  31,  1800, 

Boston, 

Tanner, 

4 

20 


CONSTITUTIONAL       CONVENTION 


Residence. 

Names. 

Date  of  Birth. 

Native  Place. 

Occupation. 

First 
vr.in 
u>:,'. 

Bovlston, 

Daniel  S.  Whitney, 

Feb.    4,  1810, 

Danvers, 

Shoe  Manuf. 

Brookfield, 

William  B.  Greene, 

Apr.    4   1819, 

Haverhill, 

Farm.  &  Clerk, 

Charlton, 

William  P.  Marble, 

Nov.  15.  1799, 

Charlton, 

Farmer, 

1836 

Clinton, 

Charles  G.  Stevens, 

Sept.  16.  1821, 

Claremont,  N.H. 

\tfy  at  Law, 

Dana, 

Sam'l  H.  Richardson, 

Dec.  16,  1811, 

Dana. 

Partner, 

Douglas, 

Adolphus  F.  Brown, 

Feb.     1,  1819. 

Douglas, 

Farmer,        . 

Dudley, 

Charles  C.  Wood, 

Jan.  14,  1810, 

Grat'ton, 

Farmer, 

Fitchburg. 

Charles  Mason, 

June    3,  1810, 

Dublin,  N.  H. 

Lawyer, 

1849 

t< 

Nathaniel  Wood, 

Aug.  29,  1799, 

Holden, 

Lawyer. 

1840 

Gardner, 

Levi  Haywood, 

Dec.  10,  1800, 

Gardner, 

Chair  Manuf. 

Graf  ton, 

Edward  B.  Bigelow, 

July  21,  1807, 

Northboro  ugh, 

Manufacturer, 

1850 

Hardwick, 

Harvard, 
H  olden, 

Washington  Gilbert, 
Charles  L.  Knowlton, 

Mar.  18,  1800, 
Feb.  15,  1809, 

Atkinson,  N.  H. 
Bridgeport,  Vt. 

Clergyman, 
Merchant, 

1853 

Hubbardston, 

William  Bennett,  Jr., 

Mar.    4,  1809, 

Hubbardston, 

Merchant, 

1846 

Lancaster, 

Joel  Wilder,             j 

July  16,  1797, 

Westminster, 

Merchant, 

1846 

Leicester, 

Hiram  Knight, 

Aug.   2,  1793, 

Oakham, 

Card  Manuf. 

Leominster, 

Joel  C.  Allen, 

Sept.   2,  1817, 

Leominster, 

Merchant, 

1852 

Lunenburg, 

Sewell  Boutwell, 

July    5,  1784, 

Wilmington, 

Farmer, 

1843 

Mendon, 

Arnold  Taft, 

May  22,  1794, 

Mendon, 

Farmer, 

Milford, 

Orison  Underwood, 

Mar.  19,  1815,|Barre, 

Boot  Manuf. 

Millbury,          Asa  H.  Waters, 

Feb.    8,  1812, 

Millbury, 

Manufacturer, 

1849 

NewBraintree  Samuel  Mixter, 

Oct.  15,  1785, 

New  Braintree,    (Farmer, 

1818 

Northbridge, 

Silas  Rawson, 

Mar.  24,  1802, 

Uxbridge,              Farmer, 

1840 

Northboro', 

Anson  Burlingame, 

Nov.  14,  1822, 

N.  Berlin,  N.  Y. 

Lawyer, 

1852 

(of  Cambridge,) 

JST.  Brookfield, 

Amasa  Walker, 

May    4,  1799, 

Woodstock,  Vt. 

Merchant, 

1849 

Oakham, 

David  S.  Ross, 

Oct.    3,  1808, 

Brookfield, 

Farmer, 

Oxford, 

Alexander  DeWitt, 

April  2,  1797,  JNew  Braiutrce, 

Manufacturer, 

1830 

Paxton, 

Tohn  Partridge, 

June   1,  1797,  Paxton, 

Boot  Manuf. 

P  tersham, 

Seth  Hapgood, 

June  10,  1805, 

Petersham, 

Farmer, 

1837 

Phillipston, 

Jason  Goulding, 

Oct.  26,  1801, 

Paxton, 

Farmer, 

1834 

Princeton, 

Otis  Wood, 

Sept.    I,  1813. 

West  Boylston, 

Farmer, 

Royalston, 

Rufus  Bullock,* 

Sept.  23,  1779, 

Royalston, 

Manufact'er, 

1820 

Rutland, 

James  L.  Munroe, 

June   7,  1818,|Kutland, 

Piano  Manuf. 

Shrewsbury, 

William  H.  Knowlton, 

Mar.    8,  1817, 

Shrewsbury, 

Housewrigh:, 

Southboro', 

Sullivan  Fay,                 Mar.  12,  1799, 

Southboro', 

Merchant, 

183S 

Southbridge, 

George  A.  Vinton,        Sept.ll,  1816, 

Southbridge, 

Merchant, 

Spencer, 

Jabez  Greene,                 July  31,  1802, 

Leicester, 

Boot  Manuf. 

1843 

Sterling, 

Samuel  Houghton, 

Nov.  19,  1796, 

Sterling, 

Fanner, 

1845 

Sturbridge, 

Benjamin  D.  Hyde, 

Feb.    8,  1803, 

Sturbridge, 

Lawyer, 

1838 

Sutton, 

Sumner  Cole, 

Feb.  12,  1799, 

Sutton, 

Farmer, 

1834 

Templeton, 

Gilman  Day, 

Apr.    1,  1832, 

Winchendon, 

Farmer, 

1846 

"Upton. 

George  S.  Ball, 

May  22,  1823, 

Leominster, 

Clergyman, 

"Oxbridge, 
Warren, 

Joseph  Thayer, 
Nathan  Richardson, 

Feb.    9,  1792, 
Oct.  21.  1806. 

Douglas, 
Brookfield, 

Farmer, 
Farmer, 

1824 

Webster, 

Daniel  E.  Chapin,        jjuly  12,'  1814| 

Wilbraham, 

Clergyman, 

Westboro', 

Josiah  Childs, 

Feb.  13,  1812, 

Cambridge, 

Carpenter, 

W.  Boylston, 

Joseph  W.  Cross,. 

June  16,  1808, 

E.  Bridgewater, 

Clergyman, 

W.  Brookfield 

Hammond  Brown, 

Mar.  27,  1810, 

Leicester, 

Boot  Manuf. 

Westminster, 

Charles  G.  Giles, 

May  30,  1818, 

New  Salem, 

Station  Agent 

Winchendon, 

Abijah  P.  Marvin, 

Feb.    1,  1813, 

Lyme,  Ct.             Clergyman, 

Worcester, 

Charles  Allen, 

Aug.  9,  1797, 

Worcester,            (Lawyer, 

1829 

it 

Henry  Chapin, 

May  13,  1811 

Upton,                   ^Lawyer, 

1845 

« 

Isaac  Davis, 

June    2,  1799 

Northboro',           Lawyer, 

1843 

« 

John  M.  Earle, 

Apr.  13,  1794, 

Leicester, 

Editor, 

1845 

H 

J.  S.  C.  Knowlton, 

Dec.  11,  1801 

Hopkinton,  NH 

Editor, 

1829 

HAMPSHIRE  COUNTY 

Ambers  t, 

Ithamer  Conkey,    ' 

May    7,  1788 

Pelham, 

Lawyer, 

Belehertown, 

Joseph  M.  Rockwood 

July    1,  1818,  Bellingham,         :Clergyman, 

Chesterfield, 

Patrick  Bryant, 

Feb.    2,  1806,  Chesterfield,         ^Farmer, 

Cummington 

Nathan  Orcutt, 

Nov.  25,  1788,  Cummington, 

Farmer, 

1836 

Easthampton 

Alfred  L.  Strong, 

Jan.  20,  1804,1  Guildhall,  Vt. 

Farmer, 

CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


21 


Residence. 

Names. 

Date  of  Birth. 

Native  Place. 

First 
Occupation.      vr.in 

1 

Enfield, 

Josiah  B.  Wood, 

Xov.  18,  1796, 

Greenwich, 

Manufacturer,  1846 

Goshen, 

Benjamin  White, 

Aug.  17,  1787,  Goshen, 

Farmer,              1838 

Granby, 

Samuel  Ayers, 

July  Itf,  1780,  Granby, 

Farmer, 

1831 

Greenwich, 

Laban  Marcy,* 

Mar.    7,  1780, 

Woodstock,  Ct. 

Lawyer, 

1817 

Hadley, 
Hatdeld, 

Giles  C.  Kellogg, 
William  C.  Bhss, 

Aug.  12,  178l,|Hadley, 
Mar.  16,  1811,  Hatfield, 

Farmer, 
Farmer, 

1809 

Middtetield, 

Matthew  Smith, 

Aug.  26,  1787.  Middlefield, 

Farmer, 

1832 

Northampton 

Amos  H.  Bullen, 

Feb.    6,  1809,  Medway, 

Postmaster, 

1853 

" 

Chas.  P,  Huntington, 

May  24,  1802,  Litchfield,  Ct. 

Lawyer, 

1834 

Norwich, 

Elkanah  Ring.  Jr. 

Oct.     9,  1819,  Chesterfield, 

Manufacturer, 

Pelham, 

Calvin  D.  Eaton,           ^eb.  20,  1814,  Pelham, 

Merchant, 

1844 

Plaiufield, 

Wanton  C.  Gilbert,       May     7,  18l8,jCummington, 

Merchant, 

1852 

Prescott, 

Samuel  Henry, 

Feb.  28,  1788,  Amherst, 

Farmer, 

1829 

So.  Hadley, 

David  Turner,                Oct.    9,  1796.  Northampton, 

Tailor, 

Southampton 

Elisha  Edwards,             Apr.  22,  1793,  Southampton, 

Farmer. 

1829 

AVare, 

Joseph  Cummings,        Mar.    5,  1784,  Ware, 

Farmer, 

1816 

Westhampt'n 

Samuel  Edwards,           Feb.  18,  1787,  Westhampton, 

Farmer, 

1829 

Williams  burg 

[liram  Nash,                   Feb.  13,  1819. 

Williamsburg, 

Farmer, 

1849 

Worthingtou, 

Russel  Bartlett,             Aug.    1,  1806, 

Worthington, 

Farmer, 

II.  \MPDEX  COUNTY. 

Blandford, 

Albert  Knox,                'Mar.  17,  1808, 

Blandford, 

Farmer, 

1850 

Brimfield, 

Parsons  Allen,               Feb.  16,  18)2, 

Brimfield, 

Farmer, 

Chester, 

J.  B.  Williams, 

Jan.    o,  1800, 

Worthington, 

Merchant, 

Chicopee, 

Charles  Sherman, 

Oct.  29,  1813, 

Palmer,                 |  Mason, 

" 

Adolphus  G.  Parker,     June  23,  18  )1, 

N.  Brookfield,      (Manufacturer, 

0 

Timothy  W.  Carter,      July    2,  1819, 

Brimfield,             !  Manufacturer,  1847 

Granville, 

Alpheus  Bancroft,         Jan.    1,  1792,  Granville, 

Farmer, 

1836 

Holland, 

Freeland  Wallis,           ,Dec.    5,  1785,|Holland, 

Farmer, 

Holyoke, 

Alpheus  B.  Clarke,       May  11,  1814,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Physician, 

Longmeadow, 

Gad  O.  Bliss, 

Mar.    1,  1817,  Longmeadow, 

Farmer, 

1840 

Ludlow, 

Chester  Sikes, 

Nov.  11,  1789,|Ludlow, 

Farmer, 

Monson, 

Henry  Cady, 

Oct.  12,  1801,  Monson, 

Physician, 

Montgomery, 

Rmsom  Clark, 

Jan.  20,  1804,  [Montgomery, 

Farmer, 

1836 

Palmer, 

Frederic  T.  Wallace,     Mar.  19,  182!),!Duxbury,  Vt. 

Lawyer, 

1848 

Russell, 

Justin  E.  Loomis,    t 

Nov.  10,  1816, 

Westfield, 

Fanner, 

Souttiwick, 

Gideon  Stiles, 

Apr.  28,  1782, 

South  wick, 

Farmer, 

1818 

Springfield, 

Erasmus  D.  Beach, 

July  25,  1819, 

Sandisfield, 

Lawyer. 

1851 

«> 

Chester  W.  Chapin,, 

Dec.  16,  1798, 

Ludlow, 

Manufacturer, 

Tolland, 

Hiram  C.  Brown, 

Mar.  2),  1819, 

Winstead,  Ct. 

Mechanic, 

Wales, 

James  C.  Royce, 

June  27,  1817, 

Mansfield,  Ct. 

Merchant, 

1840 

Westfield, 

Joseph  M.  Ely, 

Nov.  27,  1816, 

Westfield, 

Whip  Manuf. 

W.  Springfield 
Wilbraham, 

Horace  Ely, 
Benjamin  F.  Hallett, 

May  23,  1793, 
Dec.    2,1797, 

W.  Springfield, 
Barns  table, 

Tanner, 
Lawyer, 

1843 

(of  Boston,) 

FKA.NKLIN  COUNTY. 

Ashfield, 

Chester  Sanderson, 

Mar.  31,  1789, 

Whately, 

Farmer, 

1832 

Bernardston, 

Henry  W.  Cushman, 

Aus.   9,  1815 

Bernardston,         Farmer, 

1837 

Buckland, 

Josiah  W.  Griswold,     Jan.  31,  1823!  Buckland.             'Farmer", 

Charlemont, 

Aaron  Foster,                IMar.  19,  1794,!Hillsboro',  N.  H. 

Clergyman, 

Coleraine, 

Hiram  S.  Uenison,         Feb.  27,  1821,  Coleraine, 

Farmer, 

Con  way. 

James  S.  Whitney,        May  19,  1811,  DeerfieU, 

Manufacturer, 

1851 

Deerfield, 

Henry  K.  Hoyt,             Jan.    7,  1810,  Deerfield, 

Farmer, 

Erving, 

Whiting  Griswold,        Nov.  12,  1814,;Buckland, 

Lawyer, 

1848 

(of  Greenfield,) 

Gill, 

Alvah  Ballard,                Nov.  22,  1786,  Gill, 

Mechanic, 

Greenfield, 

Amariah  Chandler,        Oct.  27,  1782,;  Deerfield, 

Clergyman, 

Hawley, 

Simeon  Crittenden,       !May    7,  1796,'Hawley, 

Farmer, 

Heath, 

Luther  Gale,                  iMar.  30,  1779,  Petersham, 

Farmer, 

1817 

Leverett, 

David  Rice,                     July  25,  1819,  Rowe, 

Physician, 

Leyden, 

E.  Wing  Packer,     . 

Jan.    5,  1811,  Newark,  Vt. 

Farmer, 

1851 

Munroe, 

Charles  Phelps, 

Oct.  19,  1808,  Halifax,  Vt. 

Farmer, 

Montague, 

D.  W.  Alvord, 

Oct.  21,  1816,  Greenfield, 

Lawyer, 

(of  Greenfield,) 

22 


CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


Residence. 

Names. 

Date  of  Birth. 

Native  1'lace. 

Occupation. 

First 
vr.in 
Leg. 

New  Salem, 

Robert  Andrews, 

June  5?  1802, 

Sangersfi'ld.NY. 

Physician, 

1842 

Northfield, 

Charles  Osgood, 

Jan.    7,  1805, 

New  Salem, 

Merchant, 

1844 

Orange, 

Hillel  Baker, 

Nov.  23,  1818, 

Orange, 

Farmer, 

Howe, 

Jeremiah  Pomroy,        |May    2,  1804, 

Southampton, 

Clergyman, 

Shelburne. 

Milo  Wilson, 

JNov.    3,  1807, 

Shelburne, 

Physician, 

Shutesbury, 

Henry  Pierce, 

Sept.  23,  182), 

Prescott, 

Shoe  Manuf'r 

Sunderland, 

William  Hunt, 

Nov.    2,  1807, 

Sunderland, 

Farmer, 

"Warwick, 

Samuel  W.  Spooner, 

Feb.  23,  1812, 

Athol, 

Farmer, 

Wendell, 

Lyman  Fisk, 

Mar.  27,  1809, 

Wendell, 

Manufacturer, 

1846 

Whately, 

Josiah  Allis, 

July  17,  1803, 

Whately, 

Farmer, 

BEB,K.SHIHE    COUNTY. 

Adams,  ' 

William  C.  Plunkett, 

Oct.  23,  1799, 

Lenox, 

Manufacturer, 

1841 

" 

Henry  L.  Dawes, 

Oct.  30,  1816, 

Cummington, 

Lawyer, 

1848 

Alford, 

Peter"  Easland, 

Sept.  3,  1810, 

W.  Stockbridge, 

Farmer, 

Becket, 

Geo.  H.  Huntington, 

Oct.  20,  1821, 

Becket, 

Farmer, 

Cheshire, 

Lansing  J.  Cole, 

Dec.    6,  1813, 

Cheshire, 

Physician, 

Clarksburg, 

f»alah  Clark, 

June  22,  1787, 

Clarksburg, 

Farmer, 

1838 

Dalton, 

Will  am  S.  Booth, 

Jan.     1,  1807, 

Hinsdale, 

Farmer, 

Egremont, 

Wilber  Curtis, 

Apr.    3,  1785, 

Egremont, 

Farmer, 

1816 

Florida, 

Ephraim  Tower, 

Mar.  28,  1811, 

Florida, 

Farmer, 

1851 

G-t.  Barring'n 

Ralph  Taylor, 

Oct.  22,  1796, 

Colchester,  Ct. 

Merchant, 

1832 

Hancock, 

Hinsdale, 

William  Hinsdale,  . 

Mar.   5,  1790, 

Windsor,  Ct. 

Farmer, 

1839 

Lanesboro', 

Asahel  Buck, 

Aug.  11,  1802, 

Cheshire, 

Farmer, 

1837 

Lee, 

Samuel  A.  Hurlburt, 

Nov.    6,  1796, 

Wethersfield,  Ct 

Manufacturer, 

1841 

Lenox, 

Henry  W.  Bishop, 

Apr.  12,  1796,  Richmond, 

Lawyer, 

Monterey, 

Wilber  C.  Langdon, 

Apr.  18,  1814,:Tyringham, 

Merchant, 

MountWash., 

David  P.  Turner, 

Jan.  11,  1815,|Litchfield,  Ct. 

Farmer, 

New  Ashford. 

Phineas  Harmon, 

July  13,  1802,  New  Ashford, 

Farmer, 

1840 

"  Marlboro,' 

Kzekiel  W.  Fitch, 

Aug.  16,  1807,  New  Marlboro', 

Farmer, 

Otis, 

Increase  Sumner, 

May  13,  18")l,jOtis, 

Lawyer, 

1833 

Peru, 

Joseph  Knight, 

June  24,  1788,  Monson, 

Clergyman, 

Pittsneld, 

George  N.  Briggs, 

Apr.  12,  1796,jAdams, 

Lawyer, 

11 

Julius  A.  Rockwell, 

July    1,  1818, 

Colebrook,  Ct. 

Lawyer, 

1814 

Richmond, 

John  Sherril, 

Nov.  29,  1782, 

Say^rook,  Ct. 

Farmer, 

1830 

Sandisfield, 

Samuel  C.  Parsons, 

Mar.  14,  1809, 

Granville, 

Physician, 

Savoy, 

Bradish  Dunham, 

Jan.  19,  1795, 

Mansfield, 

Farmer, 

1845 

Sheffield, 

Elijah  S.  Deming, 

Feb.  24,  1784, 

Sandisfield, 

Merchant,          1834 

Stockbridge, 

Marshal  Warner, 

May  28,  1810, 

Stockbridge, 

Far.  &  Teach. 

1843 

Tyringham, 

Ezra  Heath,  2d, 

July  25,  1795, 

Pyringham, 

Farmer, 

1833 

Washington,' 

Philip  Eames* 

Mar.  13,  1787, 

Washington, 

Farmer, 

1827 

W.  Stockb'ge, 

Martin  R.  Kellogg, 

July  24,  1806, 

Canaan,  N.  Y. 

Merchant, 

1845 

Williamst'n, 

Samuel  Duncan, 

Feb.     1,  182), 

Williamstown, 

Physician, 

Windsor, 

lievi  M.  VVinslow, 

May  31,  1803,  Cheshire, 

Farmer, 

1842 

NORFOLK  COUNTY. 

Bellingham 

Willard  Thayer, 

Apr.  18,  1812,  Bellingham, 

Mechanic, 

Braintree, 

Ualeb  Stetson, 

Jan.    6,  1800,  Braintree, 

Leather  Dealer 

1850 

Brookline, 

William  Aspinwall, 

Feb.  16,  1819,  London,  Eng. 

Lawyer,              1851 

Cohasset, 

Tames  C.  Doa  ie,* 

Sept.  9,  1788,  Cohasset, 

Merchant, 

1824 

Canton, 

Charles  H.  F^nch, 

Sept.  21,  1814.  Canton, 

Banker, 

1853 

Dover, 

Luther  Richards, 

Apr.  27,  1809,  Hover, 

Fanner, 

Dorchester, 

Samuel  P.  Loud, 

Mar.  11,  1784,  Weymouth, 

Lawyer, 

1826 

" 

Edmund  P.  Tileston, 

Aug.  11,  18')5,  Dorchester, 

Manufacturer, 

1828 

Dedham, 

Ezra  Wilkinson, 

Feb.  18,  1812,  Wrentham, 

Lawyer, 

1848 

Foxboro,' 

Henry  Hobart, 

Sept.  13,  1790,  Abington, 

Farmer, 

1832 

Franklin, 

James  M.  Freeman, 

June  10,  1816,  Mendon, 

Manufacturer, 

1844 

Medfield, 

Samuel  Fowle, 

Oct.     2,  1799,1  Watertown, 

Mechanic, 

Medway, 

Artemas  Brown, 

Apr.    3,  1789,  Winchendon, 

Physician, 

1843 

Milton, 

J.  McKean  Churchill, 

Apr.  29,  1821,  Milton, 

3oun.  at  Law, 

Needham, 

Emery  Fiske, 

Feb.  27,  18)3,  Framingham, 

Farmer, 

1840 

Quincy, 

Wm.  S.  Morton,            Sept.  22,  1809,  Roxbury, 

Lawyer, 

CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


23 


Residence. 

Names. 

Date  of  Btrth. 

Native  Place. 

Occupation. 

Kiret 
yr.in 
Leg. 

Quincy, 

George  White, 

Nov.   9,  1821, 

Quincv, 

Lawyer, 

Randolph, 

Bradford  L.  Wales, 

May    1,  1804,  Randolph, 

Physician, 

1840 

Roxbury, 

Benj.  F.  Copeland, 

Nov.  25,  1798,  Boston, 

Merchant, 

1844 

Sam.  Jack»on, 

Jan.  15,  18)3,  Roxbury, 

Manufacturer, 

1843 

John  A.  Lowell, 

Nov.    7,  1798,  Boston, 

Merchant, 

George  Putnam, 

Aug.  16,  18)7,  Sterling, 

Clergyman, 

John  S.  Sleeper, 

Sept.  21,  1794.  Tyngsboro', 

Editor, 

1849 

Sam.  Walker, 

Sept.  9,  1793,  Cardington,Eng.  Publisher, 

Sharon, 

Stoughton, 

Chnrles  A.  French, 

May  24,  1811,  Stoughton, 

Boot  Maker, 

1846 

Walpole, 

Francis  W.  Bird, 

Oct.  22,  18)9,  Dedliam, 

Manufacturer, 

1847 

Weymouth, 

John  W.  Thomas, 

Apr.    1,  1815,  Weymouth, 

Boot  Manufr, 

1852 

" 

Charles  E.  Hunt, 

Dec.  31,  1817, 

Weymouth, 

Boot  Manufr, 

W.  Roxbury, 

• 

Wrentham, 

Samuel  Warner,  Jr., 

Oct.    2,  1816, 

Providence,  R.T. 

Lawyer, 

1843 

BUISTOL  COUNTY. 

Attleboro', 

Abijah  M.  Ide,  Jr., 

Feb.    2,1825, 

Attleboro', 

Editor  &  Far. 

Berkley, 

Samuel  French, 

Feb.  23,  1777,  Berkley, 

Farmer, 

1825 

Dartmouth, 

lames  B.  Allen, 

Aug.  15,  IMS,  New  York, 

Farmer, 

Dighton, 

Leonard  Gooding, 

Dec.  16,  1812,'  Dighton, 

Farmer, 

Easton, 

Luther  Sheldon, 

Feb.  18.  1785,  Rupert,  Vt. 

Clergyman, 

Fairhaven, 

Elbridge  G.  Morton, 

Mar.   8,  1808,  Freetown, 

Shipwright, 

1840 

Fall  River, 

Asa  Bronson, 

June  6,  1798,  New  York, 

Clergyman, 

H 

Robert  T.  Davis, 

Aug.  28,  1823, 

Ireland, 

Physician, 

tt 

Foster  Hooper, 

A.pr.    2,  1815, 

Walpole.  N.  H. 

Physician, 

1831 

II 

Job  G.  Lawton,  Jr., 

Mar.  18,  1823, 

Freetown, 

Lawyer, 

Freetown, 

Elnath.  P.  Hathaway, 

Nov.  12,  1797,1  Freetown, 

Lawyer, 

1825 

Mansfield, 

John  Rogers, 

Nov.  2,  18r)6, 

Mansfield, 

Manufacturer, 

N.  Bedford, 

Joseph  Brownell, 

J«i.  19,  1795, 

Portsmouth,  R.I. 

Blacksmith, 

« 

Isaac  Case, 

Jan.  19,  1793, 

Westport, 

Mechanic, 

1833 

N 

Rodney  French, 

May    2,  1802. 

Berkley, 

Merchant, 

« 

Abraham  H.  Howland 

Mar.    1,  18  '2,  'New  Bedford, 

Merchant, 

1844 

ii 

Isaac  C.  i'aber, 

Feb.  18,  1815,'New  Bedford, 

Merchant, 

1839 

Norton, 

George  B.  Crane, 

Nov.  10,  181  •),  Norton, 

Farmer, 

Paw  tucket, 

William  Tyler. 

Jan.    7,  1789,  Attleboro', 

Clergyman, 

Raynhim, 

Abishai  Lincoln, 

Feb.  27,  18)0,|  Ray  nham, 

Merchant, 

1843 

Rehoboth, 

Granville  Stevens, 

Oct.  21,  1797,  Raynham, 

Merchant, 

1845 

Seekonk, 

Johnson  Gardner, 

Nuv.22,  1793,1  Rehoboth, 

Physician, 

1842 

Somerset, 

Daniel  Wilbur, 

Nov.  14.  1818,  Somerset, 

Farmer, 

1840 

Swanzey, 

George  Austin, 

Mar.  29,  1793,!  Lynn, 

Shoe  Manuf'r, 

1835 

Taunton, 

Marcus  Morton, 

Feb.  19,  1784,  Freetown, 

Lawyer, 

i< 

Joseph  Wilbur, 

Dec.  13,  1792,  Easton, 

Reg.  of  Deeds, 

" 

Henry  Williams, 

Nov.        1804,  I'aunton, 

Lawyer, 

1834 

"Westport, 

Frederick  Brownell, 

Feb.  14,  1783,  Westport, 

Farmer, 

1851 

PLYMOUTH  COUXTY. 

Abington, 

Edward  L.  Keyes, 

Aug.  13,  1812, 

Brimfield, 

Editor, 

1847 

(of  Dedham,) 

ii 

James  M.  Pool, 

Nov.  12,  1820,  Abington, 

Boot  ManuPr, 

Bridgewater, 

Artemas  Hile, 

Oct.  2!),  1783,  Winchendon. 

Farmer, 

1824 

Carver, 

Joseph  Birrows, 

Nov.   8,  1792,  'Carver,                  'Farmer, 

1839 

Duxbury, 

Gershom  B.  Weston, 

Aug.  27,  1799, 

Duxbury,                Merchant, 

1828 

E.  Bridgew'r, 

Aaron  Hobart, 

June  26,  1787, 

Abington, 

Lawyer, 

1814 

Halifax, 

Jona.  Parris, 

May  3'J,  18  )3, 

Halifax, 

Farmer, 

Hanover, 

Perez  Simmons, 

Jan.    2,  181-2, 

Hinover, 

Lawyer, 

1852 

Hanson, 

Melzar  Sprague, 

Mar.    9,  179  >. 

Mirshfield, 

Machinist, 

1833 

Hin^ham, 

Henry  Hersey, 

Aug.  16.  1795, 

Htngham, 

Farmer, 

Hull, 

Robert  Gould, 

Oct.    8,  179">. 

Hingham, 

Clergyman, 

1837 

Kingston, 

Thomas  Cushman, 

May  15,1781, 

Kingston, 

Blacksmith, 

Marshfield, 

Charles  Sumner, 

Jan.    6,  1811. 

Boston, 

Lawyer, 

(of  Boston,) 

Middleboro,' 

Noah  C.  Perkins, 

May  28,  1810, 

Middleborough, 

Merchant, 

" 

Win.  H.  Wood, 

Oct.  24,  1811, 

Middleborough, 

Lawyer, 

1848 

CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


Residence. 

Names. 

Date  of  Birth. 

Native  Place. 

Occupation. 

b'tret 
yr.iu 
f^g. 

N.Bridgewa'r, 

Jesse  Perkins, 

Jan.  13,  1791, 

N.  Bridgewater, 

Farmer, 

1831 

Pembroke, 

Otis  Little, 

May  31,  18»9, 

Pembroke, 

Mason, 

Plymouth, 

Moses  Bates,  Jr., 

Sept.  15,  1815,  E.  Bridgewater, 

Editor, 

" 

Charles  G.  Davis, 

May  3!),  182),  Plymouth, 

Lawyer, 

Ply  mp  ton, 

Cephas  C.  Bumpus, 

July    9,  1811.  Plympton, 

Mechanic, 

1853 

Rochester, 

A.  B.  Hammond, 

Aug.  3  ),  1789,  Rochester, 

Farmer, 

1831 

Scituate, 

John  Beal, 

Mar.  16,  1792,  Abington, 

Farmer, 

1838 

S.  Scituate, 

William  James, 

Mar.    1,  1789,  Sr.ituate, 

Farmer, 

1836 

Wareham, 

Seth  Miller,  Jr., 

Jan.  10,  1801,  Middleborough, 

Lawyer, 

W.  Bridgew'r, 

Joseph  Kingman, 

Mar.  14,  1799, 

W.  Bridgewater, 

Farmer, 

1851 

BARNSTABLE  COUNTY 

Barnstable, 

• 

Brewster, 
Chatham, 

Benjamin  Paine, 
Shvanus  B.  Phinney, 

Jan.  12,  1795, 
Oct.  27,  1808, 

Brewster, 
Barnstable, 

Farmer, 
Printer, 

1842 

(of  Barnstable,) 

Dennis, 

Seth  Crowell, 

Oct.  17,  1792,  Dennis, 

Mast.  Mariner, 

1835 

Eastham, 

David  C.  Atwood, 

Aug.  2!J,  1787,  Eastham, 

farmer, 

1836 

Falmouth, 

John  Jenkins, 

Mar.  18,  1798,  Falmouth, 

Merchant, 

1848 

Harwich, 

Cyrus  Weeks, 

Aug.  3),  18)3,  Harwich, 

Mast.  Mariner, 

1839 

Orleans, 

Leander  Crosby, 

Sept.22,  1816,  Orleans, 

Merchant, 

1850 

Provincet'wn. 

Henry  Paine, 

July  3  J,  1794,  Truro, 

Vlast.  Mariner, 

1853 

Sandwich, 

William  Stutson, 

Truro, 

Solomon  Davis, 

Oct.  10,  1799, 

Truro, 

Mechanic, 

1837 

Wellfleet, 

William  Cleverly, 

Aug.  18,  1797,!Wellneet, 

Farmer, 

1852 

Yarmouth, 

Nathaniel  Cogswell, 

Mar.   5,  1796, 

Atkins,  N.  H. 

Clergyman, 

DUKES  COUJSTY. 

Chilmark, 

Horatio  W.  Tilton, 

July  21,  1822, 

Chilmark, 

Mast.  Mariner. 

Edgarton, 

Jeremiah  Pease,  Jr., 

Apr.  14,  ls22,;Eilgartown, 

[lousewright, 

Tisbury, 

Alfred  Norton, 

Nov.  16,  1797, 

Tisbury, 

Farmer, 

1843 

NANTUCKET  COUNTY. 

Nantucket, 

James  Easton,  2d., 

Feb.  21,  1807, 

Providence,  R.  I. 

Jeweller, 

" 

tleuben  Meader, 

Nov.  22,  1794, 

Nantucket, 

Merchant, 

1850 

Cl 

Alanson  Swain, 

Sept.  1,  1818, 

Nantucket, 

Manufacturer, 

OFFICERS  OF  THE   CONVENTION. 


Residence. 

Names. 

Pate  of  Birth. 

Native  Place. 

Office. 

Lowell, 

William  S.  Robinson, 

Dec.     7,  1818, 

Concord, 

Se  cretary. 

Adams, 

James  T.  Robinson, 

Sept.    6,  1822,  !  Adams, 

Secretary 

Cambridgep't, 

Warren  Burton, 

Nov.  23,  1830,iMilton,  N.  H. 

Chaplain 

Boston, 

Benjamin  Stevens, 

April  16,  1790,  Boston, 

Messenger 

it 

Alexis  Poole, 

Aug.     3,  ISOG,  Charlestown, 

Doorkeeper. 

« 

David  Murphv, 

Feb.    10,  1798,  Charlest'n,  N.  H. 

As.Doorkeeper. 

ii 

William  M.  Wise, 

Dec.     1,  1811, 

Newburyport, 

As.        " 

« 

John  A.  Sargent, 

May     6,  1818, 

Salem,  N.  H. 

As.        " 

Dorchester, 
Boston, 

William  Sayward, 
James  N.  Tolman,  Jr. 

Feb.    12,  1815.  Gloucester, 
Sept.  13,  1837,  Boston, 

Postmaster. 
Page. 

Thaddeus  Page,              Jan.    28,  1840,  Boston, 

As.  Page. 

]  Joseph  P.  Dexter,  Jr. 

Nov.  33,  1835,  Boston, 

Page  in  E.  G. 

"                  Charles  A.  Murphy, 

Oct.    10,  1834,JBoston, 

Page  in  W.G. 

CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 


25 


Official  Reporters  of  the  Debates  of  the  Convention. 


Residence. 

Names. 

Date  of  Birth. 

Native  Place. 

Reporters. 

Location. 

Mew  York, 
Boston, 
Wash.  D.  C. 

Harvey  Kowler, 
S.  P.  Iliinscniii, 
W.  O  Parkhurst, 
Francis  H.  Smith, 

1813 
*ept.   30th,   1822 
April  18th,    1821 
March  llth,  1829 

Canada, 
Klliot,  Me. 
1'lainflcld,  NH. 
Washingt'n  Ct. 

Superintendent 
Rept'r  of  Bus's 
"       "  De'ts. 

Of  the  Nat.  Int.  Corp«. 

Late    Lnpslatite   and    )<x»l 
Reporter  of  the  Bmton  Pot. 
Of  the  Waih.  Union  Cor.,i. 
"    "       "     Olob«       " 

"          " 

Theo.  F.  Andrews, 

May      9th,    1819  Syracuse,  NY. 

"       "       " 

-4 

"          " 

Charles  B.  Collar, 

Aujrust  12lh,  1823  Wyoming,  Nil. 

"       "       " 

•         <<           .< 

H.  E.  Rockwell, 

March  25th,  1811  Colebrouk.NY. 

"       "       "    1  "  "    "      "       " 

RECAPITULATION 

OF  THE 

MEMBERS  OF  THE  CONSTITUTIONAL  CONVENTION,  1853. 

WHOLE  NUMBER,  419. 


Farmers 128 

Lawyers, 73 

Mei  chants  and  Traders, 65 

Boot  and  Shoe  Manufacturers, 18 

Manufacturers, 24 

Clergymen 24 

Physicians, 18 

Printers  and  Editors, 14 

Mechanics, 11 

Builders  and  Housewrights, 8 

Master  Mariners, 4 

Masons,  Machinists,  Blacksmiths, 
Druggists,  3  each, 12 

Jewellers,   Tanners,  Professors  at 
Law,  2  each, 6 

Banker,  Insurance  Broker,  Regis- 
ter of  Deeds,  Millwright,  Notary  . 
Public.Civil  Engineer,Mathemat- 

403 


ical  Instrumpnt  Maker,  Card  Man- 
ufacturer, Chair  Manufacturer, 
Painter,  Postmaster,  Station 
Agent,  Shipwright,  Ropemaker, 
Whip  Manufacturer,  Tailor,  1  each,  16 

419 

Members  Born  in  Massachusetts,  ..336 
"   New  Hampshire, .31 

"   Connecticut, 14 

"    Vermont, 11 

"   Maine, 8 

"   New    York, 8 

"   Rhode  Island 3 

"   Dist.  of  Columbia,! 

"   England, 2 

"   Scotland, 2 

"   Ireland 1 

"   Montreal, 1 

"   St.  Johns, 1 

419 


Members  of  Convention  of  1820 — Messrs.   Robert  Rnntoul,  Rufus  Bullock, 
Nathan  Hale,  'James  C.  Doane,  Laban  Marcy,  Philip  Eames. 
Present  Member  of  the  Executive  Council —  G.  B.  Upton. 
Ex-Members  of  the  Executive  Council — B.  F.  Hallett,  G.  Morey,  J.  B.  Alley, 

C.  Thompson,  F.  R.  Gourgas,  E.  Bradbury,  L.  V.  Bell,  S.  Mixter,  I.  Davis,  B.  F. 
Copeland,  F.  W.  Bird,  S.  P.  Loud,  E.  L.  Keyes,  E.  P.  Tileston,  J.  Gardner,  G.  B. 
Weston,  R.  French. 

Land  Agent — Samuel  Warner,  Jr. 

Present  Members  of  the  State  Senate — F.  Brinley,  O.  Brewster,  C.  E.  Cook,  S. 

D.  Parker,  A.  A.  Abbott,  S.  Fay,  C.  Weeks. 


26  CONSTITUTIONAL      CONVENTION. 

Ex-Members  of  the  Slate  Senate— R.  Choate,  G.  W.  Crockett,  W.  T.  Eustis,  J. 
C.  Gray,  J.  Giles,  W.  J.  Hubbard,  G.  S.  Hillard,  N.  Hale,  T.  Hopkinson,  J.  H. 
Kuhn,  S.  H.  Jenks,  G.  Morey,  J.  Preston,  G.  B.  Upton,  J.  H.  Wilkins,  R.  Rantoul, 
J.  B.  Alley,  G.  Hood,  H.  W.  Kinsman,  O.  P.  Lord,  J.  C.  Perkins,  C.  W.  Upham, 
Samuel  B.  Walcott,  J.  Livermore,  J.  Sargent,  C.  Thompson,  F.  R.  Gourgas,  J.  G. 
Abbott,  J.  W.  Graves,  Henry  Wilson,  Pres.,  E.  Bradbury,  L.  Eaton,  E.  B.  Bigelow, 
N.  Wood,  S.  Mixter,  A.  Burlingame,  A.  Walker,  A.  DeWitt,  J.  Goulding,  R.  Bul- 
lock, C.  Allen,  I.  Davis,  J.  S.  C.  Knowlton,  J.  B.  Wood,  J.  Cummmgs,  E.  D. 
Beach,  H.  W.  Cushman,  S.  A.  Hurlburt,  W.  Curtis,  I.  Sumner,  A.  Brown,  B.  L. 
Wales,  J.  C.  Doane,  S.  P.  Loud,  B.  F.  Copeland,  S.  Warner,  Jr.,  F.  Hooper,  E.  P. 
Hathaway,  J.  Gardner,  G.  Austin,  S.  French,  H.  Williams,  A.  Hale,  A.  Hobart, 
G.  B.  Weston,  W.  H.  Wood,  J.  Perkins,  W.  James,  S.  Davis,  S.  Crowell,  J.  Jen- 
kins, H.  Hobart. 

Present  U.  S.  Senator — Charles  Sumner. 

Ex-U.  S.  Senator— R.  Choate. 

Present  Members  of  the  U.  S.  House  of  Representatives — Wm.  Appleton,  Charles 
W.  Upham,  N.  P.  Banks,  Jr.,  Alexander  DeWitt. 

Ex-Members  of  the  U.  S.  House  of  Representatives — Marcus  Morton,  George  N. 
Briggs,  Henry  Williams,  J.  A.  Rockwell,  Artemas  Hale,  Charles  Allen. 

Ec-Governors — Marcus  Morton,  George  N.  Briggs,  George  S.  Boutwell. 

Ex-Lieutenant  Governors — Marcus  Morton,  Henry  W.  Cushman. 

Ex-Secretary  of  State — Amasa  Walker. 

Ex-Treasurers— E.  Bradbury,  Charles  B.  Hall. 

Ex-President  of  the  Senate — Henry  Wilson. 

Ex-Speakers  of  the  House  of  Representatives—I.  A.  Rockwell,  F.  B.  Crowninshield, 
Ebenczer  Bradbury,  Nathaniel  P.  Banks,  Jr. 


THE  LIBRARY 
UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

Santa  Barbara 


THIS  BOOK  IS  DUE  ON  THE  LAST  DATE 
STAMPED  BELOW. 


Series  9482 


UC  SOUTHERN  REGIONAL  LIBRARY  FACILITY 

A     001  031  796     4 


